Several parts of the State are expected to receive heavy rainfall during the next few days. The Meteorological Center, Ranchi has predicted active monsoon conditions over the State with light to moderate rain across the State till August 16.
Heavy showers lashed parts of Jharkhand, including Ranchi, bringing down the State’s overall rain deficit by four per cent in the past 48 hours, a weather official said on Thursday. Rainfall is likely to continue for next five days in Jharkhand with some temporary relief on Friday.
For the last two days, almost the whole of Jharkhand has been receiving good rains. There is a disturbance over the state. Because of this it is raining. It is expected to weaken slightly on August 12. After this another disturbance is forming. Due to this, good rains can happen till 16 August.
The Capital Ranchi received about 47 mm of rain on Wednesday. At the same time, Jamshedpur also received more than 35 mm of rain. Due to the rain for two days, the farmers have also seen some hope on their faces. Farmers are hopeful that if there is two-three days more rainfall, then they can plant paddy saplings.
The state’s overall rain deficit, which was at 48 per cent on Tuesday, came down to 44 per cent on Thursday. Jharkhand received 348.3mm rainfall from June-1 to August 11 against the usual average of 616.5 mm.
Abhishek Anand, the Ranchi Meteorological Centre in-charge, said, “Heavy rain in Ranchi was caused due to a monsoon trough at mean sea level. It is now passing through the centre of a well-marked low pressure area over Saurashtra and adjoining northeast Arabian Sea, Ahmedabad, Raisen, Ranchi, Purulia and Digha. Since the system has moved towards southwest wards, there will be partial relief from the intensity of the rain from Thursday evening to Friday.” He said the rainfall will pick up on Saturday due to formation of another system over North Bay of Bengal.
“The system is likely to become more marked during the subsequent 24 hours and move west-northwestwards thereafter,” he said. The weather department has issued heavy rainfall alerts for districts such as Garhwa, Palamu, Latehar, Lohardaga, Gumla and Ranchi on Saturday and Sunday.
The effect of rain was also visible on life. The villagers landed in the fields. It rained intermittently from morning till evening. Due to this rain, the black water of the drain kept flowing on the roads in many areas of the capital Ranchi city. Due to this, the drivers had to face a lot of trouble. Due to this rain throughout the day, there was less congestion on the roads as compared to other days.
Low-lying areas in the capital were flooded with rain water gushing into several houses. Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district received 161.8 mm rainfall since Wednesday evening, while Ranchi experienced 62.4mm rainfall during the same period.