New Delhi: Monsoon is slowly bidding farewell to the country, but its journey is not completely over yet. The withdrawal of monsoon has been decided from North Indian states like Delhi, Punjab and Haryana, but rains may continue for a week in many states including Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal. According to the Meteorological Department, the rainy season is not going to stop in Maharashtra, Odisha, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
The Meteorological Department says that after the heavy rains in September, monsoon will completely withdraw from Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and the rest of Uttar Pradesh in the next 2-3 days. At the same time, conditions have arisen for the withdrawal of monsoon in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.
There is still rain left in the hilly states
There is a possibility of heavy rain in Jammu and Kashmir on October 5-6, while in Uttarakhand, rain has been predicted from September 30 to October 2 and then on October 5-6. The rainy season is almost over in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Pauri, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh areas of Uttarakhand may receive light rain, and the Kedarnath-Badrinath area on the Chardham Yatra route will also see a change in weather.
Rain will continue in eastern and central India
Rain is expected in Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand till October 2, while Bihar may receive rain from October 3 to 6. Rain with thunderstorms and lightning is expected in Odisha from October 1 to 6. There may be rain in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra from 5-6 October and in Chhattisgarh from 2 to 6 October.
Alert in Maharashtra-Goa and South India also
Rains will also continue in North-Eastern India's Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura for the next one week. There are indications of rain in Konkan region of Maharashtra-Goa till October 6 and also in Kutch-Saurashtra region of Gujarat. There may be rain with thunderstorm in Pune, Kolhapur, Solapur and Nagpur. Rains are also expected to continue in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karnataka and Kerala in the first week of October.
According to the Meteorological Department, this time between June and September, there was only 87.4 percent average rainfall, which was the fourth least rainy monsoon season since 2001. The major reason for this decrease is being said to be the El Nino effect in the Pacific Ocean, whose effect may last till March 2027. A total of 759.4 mm rainfall was recorded this season, whereas the normal rainfall is 868.6 mm, which means there was a shortfall of about 13 percent.