Weather Alert: IMD Issues Heavy Rain Warning Across Central & North India Ahead of Monsoon Withdrawal; Advisory Issued for Kharif Crops
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), as conditions become favorable for the withdrawal of the Southwest Monsoon from parts of West Rajasthan around mid-September, active weather systems are triggering intense rainfall across Central, Northern, and Eastern India. A prominent low-pressure area active over Saurashtra and the adjoining Northeast Arabian Sea is driving widespread thunderstorms and heavy downpours across Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and the Indo-Gangetic plains.
The IMD has highlighted yellow and orange alerts for multiple districts across West Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Gangetic West Bengal, and Odisha. These regional systems are accompanied by strong surface winds reaching 40 to 50 km/h and localized lightning strikes, causing risks of waterlogging in low-lying agricultural fields and delay in field operations.
Agricultural extension experts have issued a urgent advisory for farmers as major Kharif crops�including soybean, maize, groundnut, paddy, and pearl millet�are currently in their pod-filling, maturing, or early harvesting stages. Heavy rain accompanied by wind can cause crop lodging and mold development on mature grains; hence, farmers are urged to drain excess standing water immediately and safely shelter harvested produce under tarpaulins.
Farmers are further advised to suspend all chemical spraying, including pesticides, insecticides, and foliar fertilizers, until the rainfall subsides to avoid wash-off and economic loss. Furthermore, machine harvesting operations should be postponed until fields dry out completely to ensure grain quality and prevent field compaction during farm machinery movement.
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