The Southwest monsoon has begun retreating and has withdrawn from some parts of Punjab and Haryana on Friday.
According to the Chandigarh Meteorological Department, the southwest monsoon has withdrawn from some parts of Punjab and Haryana and the conditions are favourable for the further withdrawal of southwest monsoon from more parts of the region during next 2-3 days.
The monsoon rains this year has remained deficient as the season bids adieu to the some parts of region.
As per the data of Met Department, the monsoon rain deficit for Haryana is 56 per cent and it is 50 per cent in Punjab from June 1 to September 26. Up until now, Punjab has received 243.4 mm rainfall against normal of 484.9 while neighbouring Haryana has recorded 199.4 mm rains against 456.7 normal rainfall during the same time period.
The high rain deficit in Punjab is recorded after more than a decade. As per the Met Department data, Punjab had witnessed highest rainfall deficit of 47 per cent in 2012 in past one decade. Similarly, Haryana had recorded high rainfall deficit of 59 per cent during 2009 monsoon.
During monsoon 2014, many districts of Punjab and Haryana have witnessed more than 50 per cent rain deficit.
In Haryana, the districts namely Rohtak, Sonepat, Fatehabad, Kurukshetra among others are badly hit due to poor monsoon rains. Various parts of Haryana have recorded rain deficit of up to 80 per cent.
The Met official informed up until now, Rohtak has witnessed rainfall deficit of 80 per cent, Sonepat 70 per cent, Fatehabad 71 per cent, Kurukshetra 66 per cent, Jind 60 per cent, Kaithal 63 per cent, Palwal 65 per cent, Hisar 65 per cent. All districts witnessed scanty rainfall and Jhajjar witnessed least rain deficit of 32 per cent. Similarly, the rainfall deficit of upto 82 per cent was recorded in parts of Punjab. In Punjab, places including Barnala recorded rain deficit of 82 per cent against normal, Mansa 71 per cent, Sangrur 69 per cent, Patiala 62 per cent, Fatehgarh Sahib 65 per cent. Muktsar district recorded least rain deficit of 2 per cent.
During the monsoon in 2013, Haryana had witnessed rain deficit of 23 per cent after recording 356.7 mm rains against normal rains of 460.4 mm. Punjab had received 480 mm rains against normal of 491.5 mm with -2 per cent deviation from the normal.
Meanwhile, Chandigarh has so far recorded rain deficit of 58 per cent after receiving 354.5 mm rains against normal rainfall of 835.3 mm till now. In the past, the city had recorded highest monsoon rain deficit of 67 per cent in the year 1987.
The total normal rainfall during monsoon is 844.2 mm in Chandigarh, 491.5 mm in Punjab and 460.4 mm in Haryana.
The southwest monsoon had reached the region on July 1 and 2.