NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said that the country will witness normal rainfall during the monsoon season, adding that there are 67 percent chances of normal to above-normal rainfall this year.
Secretary in the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences, M. Ravichandran, said that the country will see normal rain during the southwest monsoon season.
He added that there is a likelihood of 96 percent for the long-period average of roughly 87 cm.
The government’s forecast may come as a relief to farmers, even as on Monday, private weather forecaster Skymet predicted ‘below normal’ rainfall during the monsoon season between June and September, attributing the deficiency to a strengthening El Nino phenomenon. (IANS)
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