Light or moderate isolated to scattered rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds are on the cards over East Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh during the next five days and gradual reduction thereafter. In Madhya Pradesh, Fasal Salah advises farmers to carry out interculture, fertilizer application and earthing followed by irrigation wherever the sugarcane crop is at knee height stage. Hailstorms are also possible at isolated places West Bengal and Sikkim on April 25, and over Odisha and Bihar on April 24. Fasal Salah advises farmers of West Bengal to postpone the planting of turmeric. If planting is completed then mulching should be done and maintain adequate drainage facilities in the field. Light scattered rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds are expected over Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Kerala and Mahe during the next four days.