Farmers advised to drain out deluge from cotton fields

The Met Office has warned the farmers of accumulated rainwater could be fatal to their standing crops, asking them to drain out the deluge, especially from cotton fields for a better output.
"Accumulation of stagnant water in the fields due to heavy rains is fatal for standing crops like cotton etc." it said, adding that farmers should take suitable measures to pump out rainwater.
It also alerted the farmers to negative effects of weeds that outgrow the standing crops during the rainy seasons, asking them to remove them at earliest to help improve yield. It said that the weeds cost a considerable yield loss to the farmers annually. Farmers of rain-crop areas may take measures to preserve rainwater for crops and livestock.
Keeping in view the existing weather season, the Met said that the farmers should evolve schedule to irrigate their crops. Besides, it urged the growers to step up efforts to protect the standing crops especially the vegetable from the damaging effects of the changing weather pattern during the continuing monsoon season.
Daytime temperature is likely to remain below normal but the nighttime may remain slightly above normal in the most of the agricultural plains with the normal wind pattern.
Weather in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Balochistan may remain hot and humid in the next 10 days However with isolated rain and wind-thunderstorm in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala and Lahore Malakand and Hazara Divisions in the coming days. Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir are expected to receive isolated rain with wind-thunderstorm is expected at nighttime.
In the next 24 hours: Mainly hot and humid weather is expected in the most parts of the country with an isolated rain-thunderstorm in Malakand, Hazara, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Peshawar and Kohat Divisions, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir.
In the last 24 hours: Scattered rain and wind-thunderstorm fell in Gujranwala and Makran Divisions in parts of the Sindh including Karachi. Weather remained hot and humid in other parts of the country during the period.
Keamari received the maximum amount of rainfall as 32mm followed by Mithi 30mm, Kaloi 25mm, Landhi 24mm, MBD in 16mm, Faisal Base 14mm, Jinnah Terminal and Shaheed Benazirabad 12mm, each, Saddar, MOS, Thatta and Badin 11mm, each, Dadu and Lasbella 10mm, each, University Road, Surjani and Padidan 7mm, each.
D I Khan was the hottest place with 43 degrees Celsius, Bhakkar 42, Turbat, Dalbandin, Sibbi and Chillas 41, each, Faisalabad and Multan 38, each, Peshawar and Lahore 37, each, Islamabad, Muzaffarabad and Quetta 36, Karachi, Hyderabad and Gilgit 35, each. "Seasonal low lies over north Balochistan and its adjoining areas. Weak monsoon currents are penetrating southern parts of the country," the Met said.