GANDHINAGAR: Erratic and poor rains across Gujarat is spelling doom for the year's agricultural production. Sowing operations has been completed on a mere 24 lakh hectares of agricultural land, compared to a whopping 49 lakh hectare around this time last year.

AHMEDABAD: The weather department has forecast moderate to heavy rainfall in south Gujarat and parts of Gujarat on Thursday. Officials said they were hopeful that Ahmedabad will get its maiden showers. "The monsoon activity is expected to give good rainfall in south Gujarat and region including parts of north Gujarat.

Heavy rains in the early hours of Wednesday brought back memories of July 26, 2005, to the residents of Mumbai when the Mithi river flowing along the suburbs of Mumbai breached its banks and flooded the Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport and the low-lying housing colonies in its vicinity.

New Delhi: A weak monsoon over northwest India is sure to cause several problems for Delhi. To start with, Haryana has reduced supply of water to the capital and Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is expecting 10 to 15% shortage in areas serviced by the Wazirabad and Chandrawal water treatment plants from Thursday. If it doesn

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NEW DELHI: The Centre is getting jittery about the prospects of the kharif crop in the wake of the erratic monsoon. Cabinet Secretary K. M. Chandrasekhar will review the situation on July 15.

The rainfall in the month of July this year is above normal in Goa, according to the Meteorological Department.
Till date the State has received 1443.5mm of rainfall which is quite high compared to the predicted normal rainfall of 1110.6mm.

Dakshina Kannada district has received 67.2 mm rainfall on Wednesday. Though flood like situation has arisen in some places, the district administration is all set to tackle the situation, said in-charge Deputy Commissioner Prabhakar Sharma.

Property worth Rs 23.4 lakh has been damaged owing to the rain havoc in the district on Wednesday.

In Sringeri taluk, property worth Rs 13 lakh has been damaged. This includes 0.5 km road in Kavadi-Shyanuvalli, Palgadi-Melpal and 0.6 km road in Balehonnur.

AMIT AGNIHOTRI and PRASHANT PANDEY
July 8: Absence of rains in the North India has made the government sit up and take notice to handle a probable drought-like situation.