India, June 20 -- LUCKNOW Uttar Pradesh has already received 6% surplus rain since the southwest monsoon officially entered the southern areas of the state on Wednesday. This is in sharp contrast to the fact that the rain deficit was pegged at 46% on June 16 - two days prior to the advent of monsoon in the state, revealed statistics shared by the Lucknow Met office.

The deficit was 27% on June 18 and 20% on June 19, when Lucknow and other districts received widespread rain.

"Southwest monsoon has advanced into the remaining parts of east UP and some parts of west UP. Conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon into the remaining parts of west UP during the next two days," said Mohd Danish, a senior scientists at L...