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Monsoon normally withdraws from Mumbai, parts of Madhya Maharashtra, including Pune, and Konkan by October 1,” he said. Its exit from some more parts of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Gujarat can be expected during the next 48 hours, the officials said.The normal dates of monsoon withdrawal from Mumbai and Pune are around September 29 and September 30, respectively.“Over the years, monsoon withdrawal has rarely stuck to these dates. “Nevertheless, monsoon is expected to completely withdraw from India by October 15. It can happen even earlier,” he said.Mahesh Palawat, chief meteorologist at Skymet Weather Services, said the system over the Arabian Sea may cause a delay in the withdrawal of monsoon from the coastal regions as it will bring some rain over Kerala, Konkan and Goa. Monsoon completely withdraws from Maharashtra by October 15,” said A K Srivastava, head of the Climate Monitoring and Analysis Group, IMD, Pune.“A low pressure area is likely to form over southeast Arabian Sea by October 5, after which it may concentrate into a depression and move northwestward during the subsequent 36 hours..