Sarthak Kanjilal Port Blair, May 13: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) today said that the Monsoon is expected to hit Andaman and Nicobar Islands by last week of May. Talking to media persons at Port Blair the Director of IMD’s Andaman unit Dr. Sidhartha Singh said that it is expected that by the last week of May, before June 1, the Monsoon will reach Andaman. “As per the forecast we have received from our department this year rainfall will be 93 percent of long term average, which is 93 percent of the average rainfall our country has received in last 30 years. There could be 5 percent, plus or minus error,” he said. Dr. Singh added that although there could be a little less rainfall this year in entire India but in Andaman there won’t be much different because there is sea all around Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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