The assessment is based on a report on this year's Rabi crop from the district collectors, State Disaster Management and Relief Secretary Ashutosh AT Pednekar said in a statement.
According to reports, atleast 11 people were killed in Gujarat and 12 people were reported dead in April in various incidents in Maharashtra.Madhya Pradesh saw a death toll of 16 people in last two days due to sudden change in weather.
According to Mahesh Palawat, Director at private weather forecasting agency Skymet, Delhi will face an extended winter season till March 6 due to the cold winds.
Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir witnessed respite from cold wave conditions on Wednesday following overcast skies in the valley and forecast of another spell of rain and snow later and on Thursday.
The regional Met Office director Vikram Singh has said there would be hail in some places while the other parts of the state will receive rainfall for a day.
Incidents of thunderstorm and lightning have claimed 50 lives in five states of the country since Sunday.
Senior Met official Dr K Sathidevi said that the weather anomalies might affect parts of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, UP, Rajasthan, Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir.
Several parts of north India including Delhi are likely to witness witness thunderstorm and squall today with winds gusting up to 50-70 kilometres per hour, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). The weather department said that the
Hailstorm lashes part of China, several houses and vehicles damaged
In wake of the massive losses, the Maharashtra government has announced a compensation package of Rs 200 crore for farmers who suffered damage to standing crops.
Beijing: Weather in China was at its most destructive mode on Thursday when a fierce tornado and hailstorm struck Jiangsu province and left 99 dead and 846 injured. Turned out to be the deadliest tornado
Aizawl: At least 1,000 houses were damaged by a massive hailstorm that hit Mizoram early this morning, district authorities said. Kawrthah village in Mizoram-Bangladesh-Tripura border Mamit district was badly hit as over 380 houses were
New Delhi: Members in Lok Sabha were left amused today when a BJP member asked the government why it was not working on steps to “control” hailstorm.Obviously concerned over the large-scale damage to crops due
Nagpur: Unseasonal rains and hailstorm damaged standing Rabi crops in nearly 50,000 hectares of land impacting one lakh farmers in Vidarbha this year, even as farmer suicides continued unabated in the region, deepening the agrarian
New Delhi: The uncertain rain and hailstorm in north India late last week has created a big trouble for farmers.The crops had been hit by unseasonal showers since mid-February and due to this the number
Chandigarh: Wheat crop in various parts of Punjab have been affected because of rains accompanied by hailstorm in the last few days, though the state agriculture department is expecting bumper output this Rabi marketing season.However,
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