India, July 7 -- Continuous heavy rainfall over the past six days has pushed the city's cumulative July rainfall well above the monthly normal.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Shivajinagar observatory, considered the representative weather station for Pune city, recorded 264.8 mm of rainfall between July 1 and July 6 (till 5.30 pm). This has already surpassed the city's normal July rainfall of 189.1 mm, placing Pune in the above-normal category with nearly 40% surplus rainfall in just the first week of the month.

The remarkable recovery comes after Pune experienced one of its driest months of June, raising concerns over drinking water availability and prompting the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to introduc...