In meteorological parlance, a deficit rainfall occurs when the amount of precipitation reported falls between 20 and 59 percent short of the average amount. In 2023–2024, Telangana—which had only seen below-average rainfall three times in the previous nine years—recorded 5.4% higher rainfall than usual. This begs the question of why chief minister A revanth reddy took a hard stance on providing farmers with water while claiming that the State's drought was caused by "deficit rainfall."
 
Revanth Reddy said on wednesday that the State's "deficit rainfall" was to blame for the lack of water available for agriculture. He also expressed the government's incapacity to provide water to crops and asked farmers to "understand the situation," noting that the State government had given priority to allocating available water for drinking during the upcoming summer.

However, telangana has received an average of 914.90 mm of rainfall up till wednesday, above the state's typical rainfall of 866.40 mm by 5.4%, according to meteorologists and statistics from many government ministries. As a result, the State's rainfall total exceeded average, which is determined by averaging rainfall over a 30- to 35-year period.
 
To determine which rainfall categories to use—big excess (60 percent and beyond), excess (20 percent to 59 percent), normal (19 percent to -19 percent), deficit (-20 percent to -59 percent), and large deficit (-60 percent to -99 percent)—actual rainfall in a given year is compared to typical rainfall.
 
Of the 33 districts that had rain in the current fiscal year, 2023–24, 25 saw typical rainfall. Only two districts, nagarkurnool and Jogulamba Gadwal, reported deficiency rainfall of -26.1 percent and -28.4 percent, while six districts—Nirmal, Nizamabad, Rajanna Sircilla, Medak, Siddipet, and Jayashankar Bhupalpally—received excess rainfall.
 
In the State, the amount of rainfall has decreased as compared to the previous two years. But, in contrast to the rest of the nation, it is above average rainfall and not in deficit, according to a representative of the telangana State Development Planning Society, a State government agency housed under the telangana State Planning Board.
 
Over the last eight years, telangana has had normal rainfall of 986.8 mm in 2019–20, 722.6 mm in 2018–19, 814.4 mm in 2017–18, and 996.70 mm in 2016–17, followed by surplus rainfall of 1,225.4 mm in 2022–23, 1,138.5 mm in 2021–22, and 1,259.7 mm in 2020–21. The fiscal years 2017–18 and 2018–19 saw less rainfall than the current one. It should be mentioned that even with variations in rainfall, the State has not had a serious water crisis in the last eight years because of efficient water management and prompt emergency planning by the State administration.
 
Efficient use of water resources. prompt emergency preparations. There are two things that the SOP for the current dispensation appears to be missing: two things that could have contributed to the drought. not an inadequate amount of rain.
 
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SIBY JEYYA

09/03/2024 09:36 AM