Rainfall data Darjeeling, Kurseong & Kalimpong - June2011

      * - Fatal landslide at St Mary’s, Kurseong where 4 people died.

     ** - Rockfall at Goethal’s in Kurseong, one house damaged, one injured.

•   (23Jun2011) 16 Deaths at Pelling (W. Sikkim) due landslides, unfortunately rainfall data during this period at Pelling is not available.
  
• District  Wise Rainfall Distribution for some North Bengal Districts
  (01.06.2011 TO 29.06.2011)
  Dist                     ACTUAL      NORMAL     %DEP       CAT
                                 (mm)          (mm)
  Cooch Behar         369.6           643.0            -43%            D
  Darjeeling              575.5          510.1             13%             N
  Jalpaiguri               516.4          633.2            -18%            N
  Malda                   310.9           206.3              51%           E
  
  (Source http://www.imd.gov.in/section/hydro/dynamic/rfmaps/districtwise.htm  - where
  D - Deficient; N-Normal; E -Excess)
  
  My thanks to Ms Kanta Pradhan of Compuset (Darjeeling) and Mr Bhushan Chettri (Kurseong) for the rainfall data.
  
  Praful Rao