Mumbai: The annual monsoon rains, which hit the country's mainland on Saturday, has lost pace for the last two days, the weather department said on its website on Wednesday.
Till May 25, the southwest monsoon moved over entire Kerala and Tamil Nadu, parts of coastal Karnataka, entire northeastern states, and most parts of West Bengal and the Indian Meteorological Department said.
"There is no further advance of monsoon till today, i.e. 27th May 2009," the department said. Monsoon reached Kerala on May 23, ahead of the scheduled June 1. India's June-September monsoon rains are a major influence on the farm-dependent economy as two-thirds of Indians live in villages.
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