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Monsoon season officially ends on Monday, but rainfall still active in parts of country

<span style="color: #222222;">Indian Meteorological Department today said, the four-month monsoon season is officially ending tomorrow but it is unlikely that it will withdraw in the coming week.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">IMD Director General Mritunjay Mohapatra said, the monsoon has not shown signs of withdrawal. Instead, active monsoon still prevails over parts of Rajasthan, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr. Mohapatra said, parts of Gujarat and Rajasthan are getting rainfall due to a low pressure area and this could continue until coming Saturday.  He further said this could also, perhaps, be the longest recorded delayed withdrawal of monsoon.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The IMD in its forecast until Thursday sees large excess rainfall likely over Bihar and adjoining areas of east Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal. It further forecast above normal rains over Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, interior Maharashtra, north Odisha, Gujarat, Mizoram, Tripura, Kerala and Lakshadweep.<br />''<br />''Overall, the country has received 9 per cent more rainfall than normal.</span><br />

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