India, Oct. 5 -- The monsoon is likely to take longer to complete its withdrawal this year because of the influence of two low-pressure areas that are likely to bring widespread and heavy rain to Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and east Madhya Pradesh, weather scientists said.

"We don't see any indication of rains stopping immediately in east and northeast India and even eastern parts of central India. Withdrawal cannot be announced before rain stops completely and, in any case, northeast monsoon will set in over peninsular India from October 15 onwards," said K Sathi Devi, head of the India Meteorological Department's national weather forecasting centre.

A low-pressure area is likely to form over the Andaman Sea around October 9...