Bhubaneswar: Rainfall may play spoilsport in Dussehra festivities in Odisha as a depression is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal around October 23, a day before the festival.

As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), a low pressure area is likely to form over the central parts of Bay of Bengal by October 21st morning. Thereafter, it is likely to intensify further into a depression over westcentral Bay of Bengal around 23rd October.

The Regional Meteorological Centre here has forecasted light to moderate rainfall or thundershower for several districts of Odisha on October 23. It also predicted that rainfall would increase in coastal Odisha during the subsequent two days.

Light to moderate rain or thundershower very likely to occur at a few places over the districts of Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara and at one or two places over the rest districts of coastal Odisha, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal, Angul, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Malkangiri and Koraput on October 23, the Meteorological Centre said.