Shimla, Sept. 24 -- The north Indian hill town Himachal Pradesh is likely to witness a fresh spell of rainfall from September 26 to 29 as a weather system approaches northwest India, with heavy rain expected in parts of the state, particularly on September 27 and 28, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has informed.

The head of IMD Himachal Pradesh, Shobhit Katiyar, said on Thursday that the southwest monsoon has remained weak over Himachal Pradesh for the past seven to eight days, with mostly sunny weather prevailing across the state. He said the monsoon is expected to remain weak for the next two days before rainfall activity increases from the evening of September 26.

"Monsoon activity has remained quite weak over Himachal Prad...