According to experts, monsoon break occurs when the monsoon trough shifts northwards. This condition enhances rainfall over the Himalayan foothills and parts of eastern India, while weakening it over the rest of the country.
monsoon season on continuous break alarming drought core zone not receive any rainfall for 17 days
According to experts, monsoon break occurs when the monsoon trough shifts northwards. This condition enhances rainfall over the Himalayan foothills and parts of eastern India, while weakening it over the rest of the country. Specifically, the core monsoon region or the region extending from Gujarat in the west to West Bengal and Odisha in the east comes under its purview. Monsoon break from active phase is quite common.
What is worrying about the current situation is that this stagnation is pointing towards the longest stagnation since 1951. Looking at the data, it is known that in the last 73 years, there have been a total of 10 such occasions when the period of stagnation has been more than 10 days. In 1972, there was no rain for 17 consecutive days. In 1966 and 2002, periods of stagnation lasted for 10 days on several occasions. According to experts, monsoon is still a month and a half away from withdrawing from the subcontinent but it remains to be seen how the countrywide rainfall ratio and kharif production fare this season.
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