Scattered light rain is expected over Odisha, Jharkhand and Northeast India; Punjab, Haryana and Delhi to remain dry
A trough is extending from Maharashtra coast to eastern parts of Bihar across Madhya Pradesh and south east Uttar Pradesh. Cyclonic circulation is persisting over Northwest Rajasthan and adjoining Punjab. The low pressure area is now over East Madhya Pradesh and adjoining area. The axis of monsoon trough is passing through Jaisalmer, Ajmer, Bhilwara, Gwalior, centre of low pressure area, Daltonganj, Bankura and then towards the north east Bay of Bengal. In East Uttar Pradesh, continue nursery sowing of tomato (hybrid variety), gobhi and Knol khol, sowing of radish, use 6-8 Kg/ha seeds for sowing. Remove weeds from the orchard and apply recommended dose of manures and fertilizers to the fruits trees depending on the plant age. In vegetables (like brinjal, tomato, cauliflower, cabbage etc), for monitoring of borer, Diamond Back moth (DBM) insects, farmers are advised to use pheromone trap @ 3- 4/acre. In Rajasthan, to protect the kharif crops from the attack of white grub, use Imidachlorpid 17.8 SL @ 300 ml per hectare mixed with 80-100 kg soil before irrigation.
Under the influence of the weather systems Scattered light to moderate rain possible over Northeast India, parts of Vidarbha, Marathwada, Madhya Maharashtra, and isolated places over Gujarat. Scattered Jharkhand, Odisha, and isolated pockets of Chhattisgarh. In Jharkhand, timely sown crops like green gram and black gram are at maturity stage; harvest them during clear weather and after harvesting, sow the seeds of rapeseed (toria) as rainfed crop after preparation of the field. Continue sowing of early potato and table pea may select suitable field and sow the seeds on ridge. To control blast disease in paddy crop, spray the fungicide Beam @ 3 gram per 5 litres of water during clear weather. In Chhattisgarh, carry out intercultural operations in tomato, brinjal, chilli, okra and other vegetable crops. To control Alternaria blight disease in pigeon pea crop, the crop with Mancozeb.
Light rain is possible in parts of Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Rajasthan, of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh. Delhi and Punjab to remain dry. Farmers in Haryana are suggested to harvest Bajra crop and keep harvested bajra crop at safe places and monitor for infestation of insect/pest and diseases in field. In Punjab, farmers are advised to irrigate the crops as per need. To save the crop from sheath blight, keep the bunds of the fields clean by removing grass and spray the crop with Nativo. Fairly widespread rainfall to scattred rainfall over Karnataka, Kerala and Telangana. Widespread rainfall over Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh. For livestock, Store cattle feeds in dry places. Keep the cattle shed floor dry as far as possible. Goats & sheep should be given Entoroctosimia Vaccine at the age of 6-10 weeks.