New Delhi, June 29: The India Meteorological Department has issued a forecast of monsoon reaching the entire country in the next 48 hours. Along with this, there are indications of heavy rains in North West, Central and Eastern India for four-five days. The forecast says that there will be torrential rains in most areas of Northeast India.
Departmental scientists have said that the southwest monsoon has reached the entire country except some areas of Haryana, Punjab and Western Uttar Pradesh. Apart from the national capital Delhi-NCR, heavy rains have occurred in different parts of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir yesterday. It is already raining in the southern states.
Officials of the Meteorological and Science Department said that the southwest monsoon has advanced to some more parts of West Rajasthan, remaining parts of East Rajasthan. It has reached some parts of Haryana, some more areas of West Uttar Pradesh, remaining parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, some more parts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh and remaining parts of Uttarakhand. The northern limit of monsoon is passing through Jaisalmer, Churu, Bhiwani, Delhi, Aligarh, Kanpur, Ghazipur, Gonda, Kheri, Moradabad, Una, Pathankot and Jammu.
Under the influence of Western Disturbance and Monsoon, during the last 24 hours, apart from Delhi-NCR, Chhattisgarh, West Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Konkan and Goa have received moderate rainfall at isolated places. Heavy rainfall has occurred at various places in Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh. Heavy rainfall has been recorded in various areas of Punjab, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim and Tamil Nadu.