Rains forecast across India

New Delhi, July 26  Many parts of India are set to receive heavy to very heavy rains over the next two days, the India Meteorological Department said on Sunday.

Heavy to very heavy rainfall would occur in parts of Gujarat region, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Karnataka, West Bengal and Konkan-Goa belt during the next 48 hours starting from Sunday, National Weather Forecasting Centre chief Brahma Prakash Yadav said.

Heavy rainfall would occur at isolated places over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, he added.

Till July 22, rainfall was below normal by 12 percent, he added.