India, July 23 -- The second active spell of the southwest monsoon has intensified across the western ghats; bringing heavy to very heavy rainfall to Pune's ghat areas over the past two days, and causing the Khadakwasla dam stock to once again cross the 80% mark. Whereas Pune city has witnessed intermittent rain from Tuesday evening, with light showers continuing through Wednesday. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data, Shivajinagar recorded 7.1 mm rainfall till 5.30 pm; while Pashan received 8.6 mm; Chinchwad 13.5 mm; and Lohegaon 3.8 mm.

S D Sanap, senior meteorologist at IMD Pune, said that active monsoon conditions are expected to continue for the next two to three days, with heavy rainfall likely over Pune's ghat a...