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The southwest monsoon is likely to start withdrawing from western Rajasthan any time in the week starting Monday, said private weather forecasting company Skymet Weather Services.
"The prevailing situation now seems conducive for withdrawal of monsoon, as there has not been any rain in west Rajasthan in the past few days. The cities of Barmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer have recorded nil rainfall. However, east Rajasthan has been receiving some," said Skymet.
State-run India Meteorological Department had not given any indication of monsoon withdrawal till Saturday.
