New Delhi: Heavy rains threw life out of gear in several states on Saturday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing red alerts in Maharashtra, West Bengal, Odisha and Kerala, and stating that conditions were favourable for the advance of the southwest monsoon into the remaining parts of Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan in the next four days.
Two days after the monsoon arrived in the national capital, Delhi, parts of the city witnessed light to moderate rainfall. The weather office has forecast that light rain and gusts will prevail at least till Friday.
After the late arrival of the monsoon in Maharashtra, incessant heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its metropolitan region, triggering incidents of road cave-ins, tree falls, and house collapses, and disrupting road and rail traffic.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has sounded a red alert for Mumbai on Saturday (July 4, 2026), forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall across the city and suburbs, with the possibility of extremely heavy showers and gusty winds reaching 60 kmph in isolated areas. Civic officials said that while the metropolis recorded over 100 mm of rain in several parts over the last 24 hours, public transport remains operational.
Flash floods and massive landslides triggered by heavy rains around a week ago cut off several remote villages in Arunachal Pradesh from the rest of the State, requiring the administration to deploy a commercial helicopter to supply emergency food and medical supplies to the deluge-hit areas.
Collapsed bridges and road blockades due to landslides at multiple locations left Rotte, Rame, Loglu, Lipin, Mane, Tene, Sipu, Kakki, Kadu, Rina, Sido, and Korang in Lower Siang completely isolated.
Surpassing the first-phase target for desilting major drains ahead of the monsoon, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has removed over 1.77 lakh metric tonnes of silt from drains less than four feet deep across the city.
According to official data, the desilting figures, till June 25, suggest that the civic body removed 1,77,499 metric tonnes of silt from 793 major drains against the first-phase target of 1,41,003 metric tonnes, achieving 125.88% of the target. The first phase of the exercise was to conclude by June 30.
According to officials, for smaller drains, less than four feet deep, the MCD removed 29,686.83 metric tonnes of silt against the phase-I target of 25,850.5 metric tonnes, achieving 114.84% of the target.
Among the major drains, the Central Zone recorded one of the highest figures, removing 49,245.58 metric tonnes of silt against a target of 39,880.61 metric tonnes, while the West Zone exceeded its target by removing 17,840.18 metric tonnes against 13,410.01 metric tonnes.
