9% deficient monsoon in country so far

Monsoon deficiency has been recorded in all the four divisions of the country - East and Northeast, Southern peninsula, Central India and Northwest, triggering fears of drought in some parts.

While the eastern parts have been getting heavy rainfall for the last three-four days, leading to a flood-like situation in many states, parts of central and southern India have recorded between 30 and 46% rainfall deficiency. The overall monsoon deficiency in the country has come down to 9%.

East and northeast India has recorded seven per cent deficiency as of Thursday. North-west India, which has witnessed a better monsoon this season, has seen deficiency by 1%.

The situation, is however, deteriorating in Central India and Southern Peninsula which has recorded deficiency of 10 and 20% respectively.

In Maharashtra, the Marathwada region, central part of the state, and the coastal belt of Konkan and Goa have registered deficiency of 46, 36 and 32% respectively.

Deficiency in north interior Karnataka and Rayalseema region of Andhra Pradesh has recorded deficiency of 32 and 44 respectively. The India Meteorological Department has already predicted a "deficient monsoon" of around 12%.

Of the season so far, June witnessed 16% more rainfall while July received minus 17% of precipitation. August is also expected to register deficiency of 10%. From June 1 till date, the country has received 573 mm of rainfall as compared to the normal limit of 631 mm.