Chandigarh, July 20 -- The monsoon, which has remained subdued for the past 10 days, is likely to become stronger again as heavy rain is expected in the city this week, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The weatherman has issued an orange alert for heavy rain in the city from Monday to Wednesday.

IMD's Chandigarh director Surender Paul said that around a week back, the monsoon axis had shifted to the northeastern states, so the northwestern plains mostly remained without rain. However, this is set to change as the monsoon axis is now shifting westwards again towards this region. Further, he explained that a monsoon trough has formed due to which moisture from the Bay of Bengal will feed the monsoon over the region a...