With the south-west monsoon remaining subdued, Odisha has recorded 25 per cent deficit rainfall which severely affected agricultural activities across the state, official sources said.
However, the India meteorological department on Friday claimed that rainfall activities of the past two days have helped compensate deficit rainfall ratio by 6 per cent from 31 per cent to 25 per cent.
According to IMD sources as many as 17 districts of the state have received a deficit while only 10 districts registered normal rainfall from June 1 to July 7.
The state has received 206 mm rainfall against normal rainfall of 276.6 mm during the period, registering a deficit of 25 per cent, weather scientist Umashankar Das said.
Deogarh district in the western region of the state has received 410.8 mm rainfall which is 53 per cent excess than the normal precipitation of 268.3 mm in the district.
Similarly, the Kalahandi district in the same western region received the highest shortfall of 64 per cent as the region has so far received 117.5 mm of rainfall while the normal figure stands at 325.1 mm during the period. -- PTI