India, Aug. 23 -- Rain may dampen the upcoming Ganesh Puja and Nuakhai celebrations in Odisha as a fresh low pressure area is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal around August 25.

The people across the state will celebrate Ganesh Puja on August 27 and Nuakhai, an agrarian festival, the next day (August 28). However, the rainfall activity may continue in the state till at least August 30.

As per the IMD weather bulletin, the low-pressure area over Gangetic West Bengal and neighbourhood persists over the same region today. The associated upper air cyclonic circulation extends upto 7.6 km above mean sea level tilting southwestwards with height. It is likely to move west northwestwards across Jharkhand during next 24 hours and weaken grad...