Bhopalites’ wait for heavy rains may once again get longer as the Met office has predicted that there are no chances of good rains in Bhopal and western Madhya Pradesh in next few days. During this period bright sunlight and humidity would upset the people, while there are chances of light rains in eastern parts of the state in the next four days.This season good rains have blessed the State capital only twice and then monsoon has drifted away from the city. According to the Met officials, the turf line of the monsoon has shifted towards the Himalayan foothills due to that Madhya Pradesh would not get much of the rains for now. Moist and hot conditions may bring in scanty rains at some places but these rains would not provide any relief.The met department has informed that for now no system is building up in Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. The system building up in Bay of Bengal on July 17 and 18 would bring in some rains in eastern Madhya Pradesh but Bhopal and the western part of the state would remain dry.
From June 1 to July 15 above normal rain has been registered in 8 districts of Madhya Pradesh, normal in 29, below normal in 13 and scanty in one district. Rainfall situation is normal in the state at present.Above normal rains have been registered in Dindori, Narsinghpur, Chhatarpur, Satna, Ujjain, Morena, Gwalior and Rajgarh while normal rains have been registered in Jabalpur, Katni, Balaghat, Chhindwara, Seoni, Damoh, Rewa, Shahdol Singrauli, Umaria, Mandla, Tikamgarh, Indore, Alirajpur, Khargone, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Dewas, Shajapur, Bhind, Shivpuri, Guna, Ashok Nagar, Datia, Bhopal, Raisen, Vidisha, Hoshangabad and Betul.Below normal rains have been registered in Sagar, Panna, Sidhi, Anuppur, Dhar, Jhabua, Barwani, Khandwa, Neemuch, Agar-Malwa, Sheopur, Sehore and Harda districts and scanty rainfall has been registered in Burhanpur district.