The much-awaited monsoons finally hit the State on Wednesday bringing cheer in the face of farmer community.
Earlier, the Met department had predicted the monsoons would set in the State by the second week of June and then it forecast June 10 as the date which was extended to June 15. However, the monsoons hit the State three days after the last prediction. IMD Bhubaneswar Centre Director-in-charge Dr Sarat Sahu confirmed the onset of the Southwest Monsoons over coastal Odisha. It has mainly covered the coastal districts of Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Bhadrak, Baleswar including some parts of the districts of Gajapati, Ganjam, Khordha and Cuttack and also some portions of the adjoining interior districts of Jajpur, Keonjhar and Maurbhanj, he added.
“Conditions are favourable for further advance of the monsoons to the remaining parts of coastal Odisha during next 48 hours,” said Sahu.