Monsoon covers Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi; soon to cover entire country

Vibha Sharma

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 28

On the verge of covering the entire country in a couple of days, the southwest monsoon on Thursday hit Haryana, Delhi and Chandigarh, a day before the official date of June 29. 

It further advanced to more parts of the Gujarat region, parts of east and west Rajasthan and the remaining parts of west Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.

Bringing down the temperature “markedly below the normal” at most places over Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, the northern limit of monsoon is currently passing through Veraval, Amreli, Ahmedabad, Jodhpur and Bikaner, says the IMD.

Conditions are favourable for its further advance to the remaining parts of Gujarat and Rajasthan and thus the entire country in the next two to three days. Widespread rain activity was observed over the northwest India with heavy rain at isolated places and the ongoing spell is expected to continue for two to three days over the parts of Northwest, it said.

There is a warning of “heavy rainfall at a few places with very heavy at isolated places” in Uttarakhand on June 30 and July 1 and east UP on July 1.