With the onset of the monsoon in the State, on one hand people are having fun while on the other hand they are facing troubles due to frequent power cuts when it rains and obstruction on the roads with falling of trees. Tuesday evening was also no different as dense clouds covered the sky in the city giving a feeling of night in the afternoon.
Heavy rains occurred in the evening in Bhopal, after daylong humid conditions. In other parts of the State, many places witnessed heavy rains while at some places the rains were at slower pace. Weathermen are of the view that similar condition would persist in the state Capital for some days.
Meteorological Centre Director Anupam Kashyapi said that the area of low pressure formed in the Bay of Bengal is active in almost all parts of the State except for northern parts.
The ongoing rains are the result of this. Besides Madhya Pradesh, the low pressure area is also building up in Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand. The clouds formed in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh would move towards the state and in these conditions it is expected that rains would continue for two-three days more.
Due to strong winds and rains on Tuesday many areas of the State Capital, including Saket Nagar, Shakti Nagar, Ayodhya Bypass, Arvind Vihar, Kotra, Anand Nagar and Indrapuri, Sonagiri, witnessed power cut. Kolar was the worst affected as the supply was cut in over 80 per cent of the area.
Senior agriculture scientist of the Sehore Agriculture University SS Kushwaha said that the time is perfect for sowing. As soon as rain stops the farmers could do sowing.There is no problem for the owing of soya bean, the farmers should do sowing of soya bean with Ridge-furrow system due to this the germination would not get affected.