By News18,Soumya Kalasa

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Mid-September usually signals the winding down of India’s southwest monsoon, but this year the skies are staying stubbornly wet. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), a series of low-pressure systems in the Bay of Bengal is delaying the monsoon’s retreat and triggering fresh bursts of rain across central and peninsular India.
Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, and east Rajasthan have all been flagged for new spells of heavy rain. At the same time, parts of northwest India such as Rajasthan and Punjab are slowly beginning to dry out, a sign that the monsoon withdrawal has started in pockets even as other regions keep getting drenched.