Bhubaneswar: Orissa received an average rainfall of 207.9 mm in June against a normal rainfall of 216.5 mm, registering a deficit of four per cent.
While seven districts – Malkangiri, Boudh, Bargarh, Ganjam, Koraput, Sambalpur and Subarnapur – received a surplus rainfall of more than 19 per cent, 14 districts recorded normal rainfall last month, stated sources at the office of Special Relief Commission (SRC) here Sunday.
A surplus or deficit rainfall up to 19 per cent is considered ‘‘normal’’. The 14 districts which received normal rainfall are Kandhamal, Deogarh, Nuapada, Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Jharsuguda, Gajapati, Sundargarh, Bolangir, Angul, Kalahandi, Bhadrak, Khurda and Puri.
Nine districts – Jajpur, Kendrapara, Balasore, Keonjhar, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Mayurbhanj, Jagatsinghpur and Dhenkanal – experienced deficit rainfall between 19 per cent and 39 per cent in June, the SRC office said.
Malkangiri received the maximum rainfall of 334.5 mm against its normal level of 212.2 mm. Boudh recorded 322.6 mm rainfall. Dhenkanal is the only district where rainfall was sparse and the deficit was 44 per cent.
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