Jaipur : Rajasthan has received 60 percent more rainfall than the average this monsoon and no district of the state has recorded less rainfall. According to the data of the Water Resources Department, so far 28 out of 50 districts of the state have recorded 60 percent or more rainfall which is in the category of above normal. The 28 districts that have recorded 60 percent more rainfall than normal include Ajmer, Alwar, Anupgarh, Beawar, Bikaner, Dausa, Deeg, Dholpur, Didwana-Kuchaman, Dudu, Ganganagar, Gangapur City, Jaipur, Jaipur Rural, Karauli, Kekri, Khairthal-Tijara, Nagaur, Sawaimadhopur, Tonk, Kotputli-Baharod, Balotra, Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur Rural, Phalodi, Bundi and Churu.
335 dams are completely filled
After this, 20 to 59 percent more rainfall has been recorded in 14 districts, while the remaining eight districts have received normal rainfall. Apart from this, out of 691 dams in the state, 335 dams are completely filled and 247 are partially filled. Even now 109 dams are empty. According to the department, the normal rainfall in Rajasthan from June 1 to September 8 is 385.66 mm, while this year 621.92 mm rainfall has been recorded in the state, which is 61.26 percent more than the normal rainfall.
Last year, 401.60 mm of rain had fallen during the same period. This year, more rain has been recorded in western Rajasthan.
Waterlogging in desert areas
During this period, the normal rainfall in Jodhpur division is 208.04 mm, but the division received 117.88 percent (453.27 mm) more rainfall. Jodhpur division includes Jodhpur, Barmer, Balotra, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur Rural and Phalodi districts. Due to continuous rain, desert areas have been waterlogged. After Jodhpur division, Ajmer division has recorded 85.49 percent more rainfall and Bikaner division has received 77.38 percent more rainfall. Phalodi district of Jodhpur division has received 193.11 percent more rainfall than normal. According to the data, the normal rainfall in the district is 179.59 mm, but 526.40 mm rainfall has been recorded. At the same time, according to the Meteorological Center Jaipur, moderate to heavy rain occurred at many places in Rajasthan during a period of 24 hours, in which Kathumar of Alwar received the highest rainfall of 11 cm.
Heavy rain in eastern Rajasthan
During the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am on Sunday, heavy rainfall was recorded in Alwar, Baran, Bharatpur, Bundi, Jhalawar, Karauli, Sirohi and Tonk. Kathumar in Alwar received the highest rainfall of 11 cm, while Deoli (Tonk) and Behror received 9 cm each, Roopbas (Bharatpur) and Mandawar (Alwar) received 8 cm each, Kaman (Bharatpur), Mount Abu (Sirohi), Patan (Bundi), Malakheda (Alwar) and Baran received 7 cm each, while many other places received less than 7 cm rainfall during this period.Radheshyam Sharma, spokesperson of Meteorological Centre Jaipur, said that moderate to heavy rains accompanied by thundershowers are likely in most parts of Bharatpur, Jaipur, Ajmer, Kota, Udaipur divisions on Sunday and Monday.Sharma said that moderate rains are likely to continue in some parts of eastern Rajasthan on 10-11 September and heavy rains are likely to be recorded in some parts of Kota, Udaipur divisions. He said that due to the effect of low pressure area formed in the Bay of Bengal, there is a possibility of increase in heavy rain activities and very heavy rains in some parts of eastern Rajasthan on 12-13 September.
