Bhubaneswar, Sept. 29 -- Bhubaneswar: With withdrawal of southwest monsoon from Odisha set to occur in over a week, four districts of the State still continue to reel under deficient rainfall this season. This year, the monsoon winds touched the State on June 11.

As per the IMD's Regional Centre, Khordha, Puri, Balasore and Gajapati districts in the State have received 788.5 mm, 743 mm, 938. 9 mm and 749.1 mm of rainfall respectively between June 1 and September 29 while the cumulative precipitation deficit in these districts stands at a whopping 29 % in Khordha, 26% in Puri, 24% in Balasore and Gajapati.

If we look at the overall scenario, Odisha has received actual cumulative rainfall of 1133.7 mm of rainfall since the onset of monsoo...