CG Weather: Raipur. These days cloudy and rainy weather is prevailing in the state. The Meteorological Department has issued an alert of rain with strong thunderstorm and lightning in Bastar division on Saturday.
According to the Meteorological Department, today there are chances of rain with thunderstorms and strong storm in Bastar, Dandewada, Kondagaon and Sukma districts of Bastar division. Due to the active system, its effect will be seen in all the divisions of the state. The weather pattern in the state is going to remain like this for the next 2 to 3 days. There are chances of rain with strong thunderstorm in all the divisions from May 12 to May 14. There will be an increase in the temperature of the state from May 15 onwards.
drop in temperature
Due to cold wind and rain, day and night temperatures were below normal in many districts. Whereas the maximum temperature of the state was recorded at 43.3 degrees in Korba and the minimum temperature was recorded at 18.6 degrees in Naraipur.
The weather created chaos on Friday. On Friday too, due to the strong storm in Bhaiyathan of Surajpur in Surguja division, many trees fell on the road. A car was badly damaged in this incident. However, the people in the car are safe. In Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district also, 3 cattle died due to lightning. Bilaspur-Jabalpur National Highway also got jammed at many places due to falling of trees due to the storm.
CityMaximum TemperatureMinimum TemperatureRaipur38.5°25.3°Raipur (Mana)38.5°24°Bilaspur38.6°25.4°Rajnandgaon38.5°24.5°Jagdalpur35.2°23.4°Ambikapur36.4°20°Pendra37.4°21.4°Durg39.4°23°
Tendu leaves and crops damaged due to rain in Bastar
There was a strong storm and heavy rain in Bastar two days ago, due to which the green gold of Bastar i.e. tendu leaves has been destroyed. Apart from this, farmers’ maize and vegetable crops also got damaged.
The snowfall in the past days in Cherakur and surrounding areas of Bastar block also proved to be a disaster for Bastar. Due to this, 33 standard bags of tendu leaves purchased in Cherakur Phad got spoiled. Although the tendu leaves were dry and had been delivered to the contractor by the committee, the tendu leaves were not collected.
Let us tell you, procurement of tendu leaves is going on in Bastar for the last two weeks. Tendupatta of Bastar district has also been sold in advance in this season. Therefore, procurement was continued by the contractors keeping in view the weather. Meanwhile, there was heavy rain across the district, due to which the tendu leaves which were drying in the field got affected by the rain. Even before recruitment, the damage to tendu leaves due to rain is being assessed.
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