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- Thole lake 37.14% full, Chimnabai lake water level, Dharoi dam 38.44% storage, best in 4 years
- Forecast – Light rain likely for next 4 days, 2 human deaths, 1 injured and 14 cattle deaths by July end, 45.17% sown
Mehsana district has received 14 inches of rain till July 30 against the season’s average requirement of 29 inches. That is, 48.94% of the season’s rainfall has already been received. Satlasana has received the highest rainfall of 76.17% in the season so far and Kheralu the lowest of 32.97%.
On the other hand, 1.30 lakh hectares have already been planted in the district against the estimate of 2.87 lakh hectares. That is, 45.17% of the season has been planted. The highest 81.24% sowing in the season so far is in Bijapur, while the lowest 28.89% is in Kadi. If we look at the status of planting of major crops, 38096 hectares of cotton, 34086 of fodder, 21332 of groundnut, 9451 of vegetables and 8689 of urad have been planted.
Due to good rains upstream, Dharoi Dam has reached its best level of 38.44% in last 4 years. Thol Lake is 37.14% full, while Chimnabai Lake has stored water as much as a puddle. However, good rains have already claimed 14 cattle with 2 human deaths. And 1 woman has been injured due to electric shock.
According to the forecast of the Meteorological Department, chances of rain on 31st July may not be good. After that the weather has become rainy once again. Due to which light rain may rain in scattered areas of the district from 1st to 3rd August.
Thole Lake, which initially had a surface of 14 feet, had only 1 foot of water at the beginning of July. At the end of 30 days, the water level has reached 5.20 feet due to good inflow of water in Thola Lake. That is, 37.14% of the water volume has been stored in Thola Lake. On the other side Chimnabai Lake with a surface of 58 feet was a shallow pond. At present, only puddles of water are visible.
In the monsoon season so far in the district, 2 persons died in accidents from Kadi city and taluka. When a woman from Kharwada village of Visnagar was injured due to lightning. On the other hand, 14 animals have died in the district. Out of which 10 animals died due to electrocution and 4 animals died due to accident.
Rainfall status in the district
| Taluk | Estimation | the years | percentage |
| Bahucharaji | 678 | 369 | 54.55% |
| Jotana | 753 | 397 | 52.73% |
| the link | 812 | 439 | 54.04% |
| Kheralu | 679 | 224 | 32.97% |
| Mehsana | 780 | 303 | 38.87% |
| Satlasana | 754 | 574 | 76.17% |
| Unza | 752 | 277 | 36.83% |
| Vadnagar | 643 | 310 | 48.23% |
| Bijapur | 802 | 412 | 51.36% |
| Visanagar | 662 | 237 | 35.81% |
| average | 724 | 354 | 48.94% |
| (Note : Rainfall in mm) |
Monsoon cultivation failed due to continuous rain in Bahucharaji taluka, only Bt cotton was sown
In Bahucharaji taluka, the farmers have not been able to plant millets and pulses in monsoon agriculture due to slow rains for the past one month. There are also fears of failure of Bt cotton planting in some places due to flooding of low-lying fields with an average of 4 to 5 inches of rain in the last week or so.
Monsoon usually arrives in Gujarat around 25th June. But this year, as the monsoon started late by 15 days and after it started raining continuously for a month or so, pulses, oilseeds and millets could not be planted in these two taluks.