IMD predicts ‘above normal’ rain for September, risk for crops rises

In August India received 5 percent rainfall above normal – the seventh highest since 2001. | Photocredit: PTI After heavy rainfall in Punjab, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka during the second two weeks of August, the agricultural crops damaged the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday “above normal” rain for September, causing fear of further damage to […]