At least 173 districts out of 597 districts received deficient rain this monsoon season.The End of Monsoon Season report of the weather office said that out of 597 meteorological districts for which data are available, 173 districts received deficient rain, while 11 got scanty falls this season.On the brighter side, 240 districts received normal rain and the remaining 173 districts experienced excess rainfall in the June-September summer monsoon season.Director General of India Meteorological Department Dr Ajit Tyagi speaking to AIR said, for the country as a whole, the rainfall for the season was 102 per cent of its long period average of 89 cm. It said, though June saw less than average rainfall across the country, monsoon picked up in July and August and peaked unusually in September flooding many parts of the country.The monsoon system this season was driven by a string of low pressure areas in the Bay and the Arabian Sea.