NEW DELHI: The four-month summer (southwest) monsoon season ended on Tuesday, with India reporting 8% more than normal rainfall. East and North-East India, however, reported a huge deficit of more than 20% and witnessed the second-lowest rainfall in the rainy season since 1901. The country as a whole, on the other hand, saw the fifth-highest rainfall this year since 2001 and the 38th highest since 1901. “Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya saw deficient rainfall in three of the four monsoon months. The lowest rainfall in the monsoon season in the region was recorded in 2013,” IMD chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said. “Rainfall over east and northeast India has been deficient in many years in recent times. There is a trend that shows that rainfall over this region has been decrea

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