After a year of drought, the long-awaited seasonal monsoon rains reached Kerala, the weather office said Monday the big hurray for farming.
"South-west monsoon, when Kerala and we expect that it covers the coastal Karnataka during the day," Ajit Tyagi, Director, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said here.
But, he said, since of a storm brewing in the Arabian Sea, the development of the monsoon is predictable to be along the west coast and inland parts of the peninsula would be rain later.
"There is a depression in the Arabian Sea, which can develop into a cyclone and affect the growth of the monsoon in the inner parts," says Tyagi.
As of today's analysis, said depression can develop into a cyclone could hit parts of coastal Gujarat and Karachi, weather scientists.
Good rainfall in the years to add to agricultural products, which is expected to bring price rises down.
Onset of monsoon over Kerala sets the stage for the four months rainy season, which is behind the trillion-dollar economy, with agriculture as their primary engine for growth.
Last month, IMD had forecast normal monsoon rains for the season start June 1st.
Normal monsoon predict is expected to bring cheers to over 235 million farmers who had suffered drought last year because of failed monsoon.
A good monsoon can help by seeding of rice, sugar cane, soya beans and corn, and lead to an rise in agricultural manufacture.
