Summary:
Out of 355 tehsils, nine tehsils received 25 to 50 per cent rainfall; 58 tehsils witnessed 50 to 75 per cent rainfall while 89 tehsils got 75 to 100 per cent rainfall and 199 tehsils received more than 100 per cent rainfall in Maharashtra. With monsoon sluicing the state, sowing activities for the Kharif season are in full swing in Maharashtra. The Konkan region received the maximum rainfall while some parts of Nagpur region got medium rainfall so far. According to the state agriculture data, out of 140 lakh hectares, the sowing activities have been carried out in 84.25 lakh hectares of land. "Between June 1 to July 9, the state received 340 mm rainfall..