Monsoon withdraws - Leaves Punjab, Haryana rain deficient !!

The withdrawal of south-west monsoon has rendered two agrarian states of Punjab and Haryana rain-deficient, meteorological department officials said.

While, Punjab is rain deficient by 36 per cent during the period from June 1-September 30, rainfall deficiency stands at 38 per cent for Haryana, director of Meteorological Department Chattar Singh told PTI today adding that Chandigarh has got 27 per cent less rain this year.

He said that as against a normal rainfall of 501.8 mm, Punjab had received 323.6 mm, Haryana had got 290.7 mm as against 470 mm, while Chandigarh had received 484.8 mm rain against a normal of 667.1 mm from June to September this year.

Heavy rainfall in the last week of July and in the first week of September in the two states considerably made up for the loss otherwise the situation could have been worse, he said.