Srinagar, April 1 -- Moderate rains in Jammu and Kashmir in the past three days have brought down the deficit in precipitation to 34% from the earlier 45-50% this month, officials of J&K meteorological centre said.

"The deficit in precipitation has now come down to around 34% which was earlier around 45-50% this month. Our normal precipitation in the month of March is around 153 mm," said an official of MeT.

The Union Territory has witnessed widespread rains from the night of March 28 to the night of March 30 rejuvenating the water bodies and soil moisture.

The J&K and Ladakh witnessed 70.2 mm rains from March 1 to 25 which climbed to 100.7 mm on Tuesday after rains between March 28-31 in the Himalayan region.

The UTs recorded multipl...