New Delhi, June 27 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a heavy to very heavy rainfall alert for several states across the country in its latest weather update.

"Heavy to very heavy rainfall activity, likely to continue over many parts of Northwest, central, east & northeast India during the next seven days," said IMD in a statement.

According to IMD, very heavy rainfall at isolated places likely over Konkan and Goa, Ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, East Rajasthan, Vidarbha, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, and Jharkhand and Kerala during 27-29 June.

The IMD also noted that the southwest monsoon, which has already covered ...