India's monsoon rains have reached some other parts of the southwest Bay of Bengal after stalling over the remote islands for the past 11 days, the Meteorological Department said on Tuesday.
The monsoon, the lifeline of the country's $3 trillion economy, provides about 70% of the rainfall that India needs to irrigate farms and recharge reservoirs and aquifers.
About half of India's agricultural land, without any irrigation cover, depends on the annual June-September rains to grow many crops.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that monsoon rains occurred in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on May 19, but there was no further progress till May 30.
The IMD said monsoon advanced over parts of South West Bay of Bengal on Tuesday and conditions are favorable for it to advance over other parts of the region during the next 2-3 days.
Rains usually occur in mainland Kerala around June 1 and cover the entire country by mid-July. Timely rains enable sowing of crops like rice, soybeans and cotton.
This year, the onset of monsoon in Kerala is likely to be slightly delayed. The onset of Monsoon rains in the southern Indian state is likely on June 4, with a model error of plus/minus 4 days.
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