Monsoon Rains Likely to Persist Across Parts of Country
22-Aug-2025 06:34 PM
New Delhi. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has confirmed that by Monday, August 25, a new low pressure area is likely to form over the northwest Bay of Bengal, northern Odisha and West Bengal coast, which may cause heavy rainfall in many states of the country.
Monsoon activity will continue in the northern part of the country. Here, the circulation over eastern Rajasthan in the north-western region may turn into a depression.
After the formation of the new system, there will be a possibility of heavy rains in the central, western and northwestern parts of the country.
In the past day, many parts of Gujarat received very heavy rains, which not only disrupted life but also increased the possibility of damage to Kharif crops.
Apart from this, heavy to very heavy rains were recorded in Assam, Meghalaya, hilly areas of West Bengal, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, western Madhya Pradesh, eastern Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra, Kutch, Konkan, Goa and central Maharashtra.
Heavy rains also occurred in Arunachal Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, eastern Rajasthan, Punjab and coastal Karnataka.
On August 21, the core monsoon trough was passing through Jaisalmer, Kota, Datia, Sidhi, Ranchi, Bankura and Righa. After that it moved in the south-eastern direction and reached over the north-central Bay of Bengal.
On the other hand, the coastal trough was stuck in Gujarat and Maharashtra, due to which the monsoon remains active over the western coast except coastal Karnataka and Kerala.
A shipper zone of monsoon from near Mumbai is moving towards northern Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, due to which heavy rains are expected there due to strong monsoon activity.
Here, a western disturbance is present over the mountainous region of northwestern India, which can prove to be helpful in increasing the intensity and speed of the monsoon. Heavy rains are also likely in Mumbai in the future.