Raipur, 19 August 2023/ In accordance with the information compiled by the State Level Control Room set up by the State Government’s Revenue and Disaster Management Department, the state has recorded an average rainfall of 688.6mm since June 1, 2023. As per the rainfall recorded in various districts of the state from June 1, 2023, to today, August 19, morning, the highest average rainfall of 1193.3 mm has been recorded in Bijapur district and the lowest average rainfall of 322.9 mm in Surguja district.
According to the information received from the state-level flood control room, since June 1, an average rainfall of 606.9mm has been recorded in Surajpur district, 627.3mm in Balrampur, 550.5 mm in Jashpur, 664.8 mm in Koriya, and 673.1 mm in Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur.
Similarly, average rainfall of 797.2 mm in Raipur district, 687.0 mm in Balodabazar, 637.7 mm in Gariaband, 731.7 mm in Mahasamund, 716.5 mm in Dhamtari, 703.0 mm in Bilaspur, 856.9mm in Mungeli, 769.1 mm in Raigarh, and 606.9mm in Sarangarh-Bilaigarh were recorded. Average rainfall of 576.7 mm in Janjgir-Champa, 586.7 mm in Sakti, 670.2 mm in Korba, 664.6 mm in Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, and 565.2mm in Durg were recorded. Additionally, the remaining districts recorded the following average rainfall: 530.3 mm in Kabirdham district, 763.3 mm in Rajnandgaon, 857.7mm in Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, 708.6mm in Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai, 756.7mm in Balod, 530.9mm in Bemetara, 711.6mm in Bastar, 539.5 in Kondagaon, 654.5 in Kanker recorded, 621.4 mm in Narayanpur, 805.2 mm in Dantewada, and 1019.4 mm in Sukma was recorded since June 1.
