New Delhi: Rainfall in the country in June has been recorded at 33 per cent lower than normal. The Met Department has recorded a rainfall reduction of 28 per cent of the sub-divisions and the rainfall in five sub-divisions has been normal. However, monsoon is likely to be more active this week. Additional Director General of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Mautanjay Mohapatra has said that the Bay of Bengal is witnessing a low-pressure zone which may cause good rainfall in some parts of Odisha and Rajasthan, including central India.

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Mohapatra has said that parts of North India, Delhi, Punjab and Haryana will not get benefit from this low pressure area and it is unlikely that there will be rain in these regions. By June 30, the monsoon has reached the entire country except in some parts of North India. The monsoon has yet to hit Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. The Met Office has recorded "low" rainfall in 28 of the 36 subdivisions, while in two subdivisions the rainfall has been categorized as "excessive shortage".

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Only five sub-divisions - Konkan and Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Northern Interior Karnataka, Eastern Rajasthan and Gujarat have recorded normal rainfall. The monsoon hit Kerala coast on 8th June with a week's delay. The 'air' cyclone then in the Arabian Sea hindered its progress.