MAPUSA
Due to intensification of a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal, the India Met Department (IMD) has predicted increase in rainfall activity in the State for next four to five days with heavy showers at isolated places on October 12 and 13.
The weather bulletin said the wind pattern may change over Goa in the next few days bringing in moisture and cloud formation resulting in rain.
“A low pressure area that has formed over the Andaman Sea is expected to intensify into a depression in coming days and cross north Andhra Pradesh coast on October 12. Goa is likely to experience gradual increase in rainfall distribution in coming days with isolated heavy rainfall on October 12 and 13,” said Rahul Mohan, senior scientist at the IMD.
So far, there has been no warning issued to fishermen from venturing into the sea.
The weather condition was by and large dry on Friday with the highest maximum temperature 32.8 degree Celsius recorded at Panaji.
The humidity was a little on the higher side at 92 per cent.
An IMD official informed that the normal date for withdrawal of monsoon over Goa is October 14 which is likely to be delayed this year by a couple of days due to developing weather systems.
The monsoon rain since June 1 over Goa has been 42 per cent excess.
Rainfall is making paddy harvesting difficult
PANAJI: It is said that farming is a gamble and it is the luck that plays the role in the final yield. The paddy farmers are experiencing such a feeling now with another spell of rain when the paddy is just ready for harvest. This has created panic in farmers.
Due to low-pressure area development in the sea, Goa has been receiving rainfall.
The farmers have started paddy harvesting of the Kharif season with mechanised harvesters. “As per inputs from farmers, this year, there has been good yield of rice,” said Agriculture Minister Chandrakant Kavlekar.
But because of rain, there is a danger of an upgrown paddy field getting submerged under water. Also, harvesting machines are getting trapped in marshy lands created due to rain. Farmers are keeping their fingers crossed and are in a hurry to get their crops harvested as early as possible.
The mechanised harvesting has helped the farmers as the speed and security of harvesting has increased. Once the paddy is harvested it goes in the bucket fitted to the machine which has a cover that protects harvested paddy from getting wet but rain makes it difficult for farmers to transport the harvested rice at home.
