NEW DELHI, May 26: After a six-day pause, the south-west monsoon has started lingering towards Kerala, having covered southern Sri Lanka on Thursday, the weather office said. “Conditions are favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon over some more parts of South Arabian Sea, entire Maldives and adjoining areas of Lakshadweep and some more parts of Comorin area during next 48 hours,” the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday afternoon. According to reports, parts of Kerala have been receiving heavy rainfall and the weather office has forecast widespread rain over the southern state and Lakshadweep over the next two days. “Advance of the monsoon over Kerala is being continuously monitored,” the IMD said. The weather office had earlier said that the south-west monsoon was likely to have onset over Kerala on May 27, with an error margin of four days. The normal onset date for Kerala is June 1. According to monsoon watchers, the south-west monsoon had gathered momentum due to Cyclone Asani in the Bay of Bengal earlier this month. (PTI)
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