India has received 6% more rainfall than normal so far

The country has received six per cent more rainfall than normal so far in this monsoon season, but precipitation in parts of north India remains deficient.

The India Meteorological Department said, rainfall has been more than normal in the south peninsula, central India, and east and northeast India divisions. But the northwest India division, which covers Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi and Rajasthan, has recorded a 19 per cent deficiency.

IMD has predicted fairly widespread rainfall in northwest India during the next three daysIsolated extremely heavy downpours are also very likely over Assam and Meghalaya during the next three days and over Bihar during the next 24 hours.