New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reviewed the state of affairs arising out of poor rainfall through the Union Cabinet assembly and directed all involved ministries and departments to work in shut coordination to make sure well timed preparedness and an efficient response, sources mentioned.
According to sources, the Prime Minister held an in depth dialogue on the influence of below-normal rainfall and confused the necessity for a coordinated, whole-of-government method to take care of any rising challenges. He requested all ministries involved to organize advance contingency plans and keep shut coordination in order that any adversarial influence on agriculture, water availability, energy provide and different important sectors could be successfully managed.
Sources mentioned almost 10 ministries, together with the Ministries of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Power, and Jal Shakti, will collectively monitor the evolving state of affairs and formulate a coordinated technique. The ministries have been requested to often assess floor circumstances, share info in actual time and guarantee swift implementation of essential measures wherever required.
The Prime Minister is learnt to have emphasised that preparedness ought to stay the highest precedence and directed officers to make sure there aren’t any gaps in coordination amongst departments. The Centre will carefully monitor the monsoon state of affairs and take well timed selections primarily based on rainfall patterns and assessments acquired from the involved ministries, sources added.
Earlier on Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) mentioned that the month-to-month common rainfall over the nation as an entire throughout July 2026 is most certainly to be beneath regular.
According to the IMD, the long-period common (LPA) of rainfall over the nation as an entire throughout July, primarily based on knowledge from 1971-2020, could also be about 280.4 mm. Regionally, below-normal rainfall is probably going throughout most elements of the nation besides some areas of Northwest and Northeast India, Eastcentral India and the japanese peninsular area, the place regular to above-normal rainfall is probably going.
Currently, weak El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) circumstances are prevailing over the equatorial Pacific Ocean and impartial Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) circumstances are being noticed over the Indian Ocean. The mannequin forecast signifies that impartial IOD circumstances are prone to persist through the Southwest Monsoon season. (ANI)