Municipal commissioner and state-appointed administrator Iqbal Singh Chahal stated that Mumbai was experiencing heavy rain combined with high tide, which prevented the water from accumulation from draining away., Mumbai News, Times Now
While average monsoon rains are ordinarily good for Indian farmers, uneven distribution this year has created new worries. Vegetables such as tomatoes, eggplant, capsicum and spinach are also affected by erratic rainfall distribution. Standing crops in northern India have been damaged by floods, while southern planting has been delayed. As a result, prices of certain vegetables including tomatoes have hit record highs
Scattered to widespread rainfall activity with isolated thunderstorm/lightning is likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh-Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan between July 5-8.
The monsoon is expected to be well distributed, and most parts of the country are expected to receive an average to an above-average amount of monsoon rains in 2021, said Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director general of the state-run India Meteorological Department (IMD).