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Vijay MohanTribune News ServiceChandigarh June 14The early monsoon has hit the region on a hugely positive note with the agrarian states of Punjab and Haryana receiving higher than normal rain fall in the month of June so far. The state received 33.7 mm rain against the normal of 13.7 mm for the aforementioned period. The hill state received 42.2 mm rain against the normal of 33.5 mm for that period. Earlier the IMD had predicted normal to above normal rainfall over most parts of South Asia during the 2021 southwest monsoon season from June to September. Rain was 138 percent above normal in Haryana and 39 per cent above normal in Punjab but deficient by four per cent in Himachal Pradesh..