Special bulletin on the change in the rainfall in deficite district of the country,CRIDA

Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture Hyderabad - 500 059

Special bulletin on the change in the rainfall in deficit district of the country

The number of districts with more than 50% deficit as on 8th August, 2012 are given in the Table - 1.

The number has come down to 122 from 137 in the previous week (1st August, 2012). The list of districts as on 8th August is given in Table-1 and a spatial map comparing the weekly change in the district-wide rainfall is given in the figure.

Table-1

Selected districts showing more than 50% rainfall deficit based on cumulative rainfall between 01.June to 08.August 2012 STATE BIHAR (3/38 )

GUJARAT (23/26)

DISTRICT NAME

ACTUAL (mm)

NORMAL (mm)

% DEFICIT

Contingency plans submitted

1.

BUXAR

105.2

466.6

-77%

No

2.

NAWADA

163

519.2

-69%

Yes

3.

SAHARSA

258.2

842.9

-69%

Yes

4.

KUTCH

9.6

226.9

-96%

Yes

5.

PORBANDAR

41.3

490.6

-92%

Yes

6.

JUNAGARH

93

573.1

-84%

Yes

7.

JAMNAGAR

56.8

320.7

-82%

Yes

8.

PATAN

77

310.2

-75%

Yes

9.

SURENDRANAGAR

78.7

309.9

-75%

Yes

10.

BROACH

124.9

482.9

-74%

Yes

11.

GANDHINAGAR

113.3

432.3

-74%

No

12.

AHMEDABAD

100.2

360.5

-72%

Yes

13.

AMRELI

98.3

329.7

-70%

Yes

14.

RAJKOT

111.6

357.3

-69%

Yes

15.

BARODA

175.3

556.2

-68%

Yes

16.

KHEDA

161.3

473.8

-66%

Yes

17.

SURAT

287.9

816.9

-65%

Yes

18.

TAPI

345.2

953

-64%

Yes

19.

NARMADA

250.1

674.8

-63%

Yes

20.

NAVSARI

448.4

1184.3

-62%

Yes

21.

MEHSANA

151.1

384.6

-61%

Yes

STATE

HARYANA (20/21)

HIMACHAL PRADESH (3/12)

JAMMU & KASHMIR (4/22)

KARNATAKA (4/30)

DISTRICT NAME

ACTUAL (mm)

NORMAL (mm)

% DEFICIT

Contingency plans submitted

22.

ANAND

188

464.7

-60%

Yes

23.

BANASKANTHA

141.9

338.4

-58%

Yes

24.

PANCHMAHAL

230.5

520.8

-56%

Yes

25.

BHAVNAGAR

145.9

330

-56%

Yes

26.

DNH & DAMAN

650.2

1463.4

-56%

No

27.

FATEHABAD

26

168.4

-85%

Yes

28.

KARNAL

47.2

309.3

-85%

Yes

29.

JHAJJAR

38.4

237.3

-84%

Yes

30.

REWARI

39.4

241.9

-84%

Yes

31.

KURUKSHETRA

53.2

314.9

-83%

Yes

32.

JIND

42.7

228.4

-81%

Yes

33.

KAITHAL

42

209.1

-80%

Yes

34.

MAHENDRAGARH

47.6

239.7

-80%

Yes

35.

PANIPAT

57.5

282.5

-80%

Yes

36.

SONEPAT

59.1

297.8

-80%

Yes

37.

ROHTAK

66.3

297

-78%

Yes

38.

BHIWANI

47.1

194.5

-76%

Yes

39.

HISAR

51.7

186.7

-72%

Yes

40.

FARIDABAD

92.2

313.3

-71%

No

41.

MEWAT

83.6

259.8

-68%

Yes

42.

PANCHKULA

198.7

536.2

-63%

Yes

43.

AMBALA

189.6

502.4

-62%

Yes

44.

PALWAL

91.3

239.6

-62%

No

45.

SIRSA

55.6

141.5

-61%

Yes

46.

YAMUNA NAGAR

205.8

515.4

-60%

Yes

47.

Lahaul & Spiti

35.6

256.5

-86%

No

48.

Chamba

235.6

850.2

-72%

No

49.

Kinnaur

51.4

130.7

-61%

No

50.

SHOPIAN

0

157.7

-100%

Yes

51.

KARGIL

0.4

20

-98%

Yes

52.

LADAKH (LEH)

6.4

21.9

-71%

Yes

53.

DODA

102.6

263.4

-61%

No

54.

CHAMARAJANAGAR

56.4

149.1

-62%

Yes

55.

MANDYA

44.4

111.1

-60%

Yes

STATE

KERALA (5/14)

MAHARASTRA (2/35)

PUNJAB (18/18)

RAJASTHAN (12/33)

DISTRICT NAME

ACTUAL (mm)

NORMAL (mm)

% DEFICIT

Contingency plans submitted

56.

BANGALORE URBAN

89.1

195.9

-55%

Yes

57.

MYSORE

86.8

191.3

-55%

Yes

58.

TUMKUR

68.1

152.4

-55%

Yes

59.

GADAG

81.1

175.6

-54%

Yes

60.

WYNAD

764.8

2013.1

-62%

Yes

61.

PATHANAMTHITTA

463.2

1197.8

-61%

Yes

62.

ALAPUZHA

502.5

1225.6

-59%

Yes

63.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

250.4

609

-59%

Yes

64.

KOLLAM

396.2

928.4

-57%

Yes

65.

MUMBAI CITY

642.6

1474.9

-56%

No

66.

JALNA

153

344.4

-56%

Yes

67.

FEROZEPUR

9.7

203.3

-95%

Yes

68.

TARN TARAN

13.4

190.2

-93%

Yes

69.

FATEHGARH SAHIB

25.7

318.1

-92%

Yes

70.

MOGA

14.8

194.3

-92%

Yes

71.

AMRITSAR

56.4

316.8

-82%

Yes

72.

MUKTSAR

33.8

183.8

-82%

Yes

73.

NAWANSHAHAR

87.2

480

-82%

No

74.

MANSA

34.4

182.3

-81%

Yes

75.

SANGRUR

47

249.1

-81%

Yes

76.

BHATINDA

46.3

189.7

-76%

Yes

77.

LUDHIANA

83.1

306.5

-73%

Yes

78.

SAS NAGAR MOHALI

114.7

387.4

-70%

No

79.

HOSHIARPUR

146.2

429.1

-66%

Yes

80.

JALANDHAR

105.2

311.4

-66%

Yes

81.

FARIDKOT

66.5

188.1

-65%

Yes

82.

KAPURTHALA

102.1

248.3

-59%

Yes

83.

BARNALA

82.8

199.5

-58%

Yes

84.

PATIALA

159.5

355.6

-55%

Yes

85.

NAGAUR

38.4

212

-82%

Yes

86.

BIKANER

27.1

134.5

-80%

Yes

87.

BARMER

32.9

144.1

-77%

Yes

88.

JODHPUR

45.2

162.6

-72%

Yes

89.

JAISALMER

28.2

92.9

-70%

Yes

90.

JHUNJHUNU

91.1

248.7

-63%

Yes

STATE

TAMIL NADU (16/32)

UTTAR PRADESH (10/71)

Source: IMD

DISTRICT NAME

ACTUAL (mm)

NORMAL (mm)

% DEFICIT

Contingency plans submitted

91.

JALORE

90

235.7

-62%

Yes

92.

SIKAR

101.8

252.7

-60%

Yes

93.

AJMER

118.1

251.3

-53%

Yes

94.

PALI

125.8

264.1

-52%

No

95.

BUNDI

185.7

381.4

-51%

Yes

96.

RAJSAMAND

142.6

288.6

-51%

Yes

97.

TOOTHUKUDI

0

25.4

-100%

Yes

98.

KARUR

8.6

62.7

-86%

Yes

99.

TIRUNELVELI

18

85.6

-79%

Yes

100.

ARIYALUR

37.8

147.3

-74%

Yes

101.

MADURAI

34.6

132.2

-74%

Yes

102.

RAMANATHAPURAM

16.5

53.3

-69%

Yes

103.

TIRUPUR

17.2

55.6

-69%

Yes

104.

TIRUVARUR

38.3

115.1

-67%

Yes

105.

PUDUKKOTTAI

54.8

141.4

-61%

Yes

106.

THANJAVUR

47.6

122.5

-61%

Yes

107.

VIRUDHUNAGAR

26.5

67.6

-61%

Yes

108.

KANYAKUMARI

133

320.9

-59%

Yes

109.

NAGAPATTINAM

49.6

114.3

-57%

Yes

110.

CHENNAI

91

206.7

-56%

Yes

111.

SIVAGANGA

62

136.1

-54%

Yes

112.

NAMAKKAL

63

132.5

-52%

Yes

113.

MAHARAJGANJ

226.6

699.3

-68%

No

114.

MEERUT

142.8

412

-65%

No

115.

KUSHI NAGAR

234.8

640.3

-63%

No

116.

RAMPUR

194.9

532.4

-63%

Yes

117.

BAGHPAT

121.8

303.6

-60%

Yes

118.

GHAZIABAD

137.8

332.7

-59%

Yes

119.

SAHARANPUR

218.3

462.7

-53%

Yes

120.

FARRUKHABAD

189.1

384.1

-51%

No

121.

BADAUN

196.7

404.3

-51%

Yes

122.

BAREILLY

232.6

477.6

-51%

Yes