India, July 4 -- With favourable conditions for monsoon, Indian Meteorological Department predicted a heavy to very heavy rainfall across various parts of India on July 4. This includes East Rajasthan, East and West Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra, Konkan, Goa and Odisha. In northeast India, an orange alert has been sounded for Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram for heavy to very heavy rainfall.

On 29 June, India welcomed monsoon that arrived eight days ahead of the expected date on July 8. IMD also confirmed that the Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into the remaining parts of Rajasthan, western Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana, covering the entire Delhi region.

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