The rainfall amount during the three months(JulyP September)of the monsoon season was quite variable o鄄
ver different years(Fig郾 3). It was 625 mm in 2003 compared to 1郯 600 mm in 1994郾 A comparison with long鄄term
average rain amount in the region shows that the rainfall remained below鄄normal during 1989 1992 and 1999
2003,whereas it was above normal during 1993 1996郾 The rainfall in the region had a standard deviation of
335郾 4 mm and coefficient of variation of 30郾 4% during the last 20 years( Sur and Ghuman,1994). In general the