MUMBAI: Even as the rains remain elusive in catchment areas and contractors promoting cloud seeding technology throng BMC corridors, civic officials are not very keen to woo the rain-bearing clouds artificially.

LUCKNOW: Light to moderate rains in eastern UP on Tuesday came as a welcome relief for farmers. It also revived hope of monsoon revival in the state. However, the state met department predicted that eastern parts of the state would continue to get rains but Bundelkhand region, central and western parts might have to contend with cloudy skies with possibilities of rains at isolated places.

Ahmedabad : For parched Amdavad, Met department has pinned hopes on low pressure system in Jharkhand which is expected to give good rainfall activity in Gujarat region from July 9 to July 11.

Himachal Pradesh 59% shortfall in pre-monsoon rain. 88% deficit in Kinnaur Power generation down
to 85-89L units from 95-101 last yr Crops hit: Maize, apple

Monsoon remains deficient in all parts of the country. But the situation has improved everywhere except in north India, which isn

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Deficient rainfall in many parts of the country has started showing stress on the progress of sowing of kharif crops. As of the first week of July, the sowing of paddy, the major food grain crop of the season, was down by about 25 per cent compared to last year, according to latest figures released by the Ministry of Agriculture. Sowing of oilseeds was down by almost 50 per cent.

MANGALORE/UDUPI/MadikerI: Rain in Coastal Karnataka on Monday damaged houses, caused water-logging in residential areas and inundated paddy fields. In anticipation of further rainfall, all schools in Dakshina Kannada will remain closed today in view of heavy rainfall. In Belthangady taluk, schools will remain closed on Wednesday too, according to the Deputy Director of Public Instruction C.

With the onset of monsoon, Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district was experiencing heavy rains for the fifth day today disrupting power and potable water supply, official sources said.
The uninterrupted rains created havoc in this tribal-dominated district as more than dozen power poles were uprooted and overhead wires were also snapped due to falling of trees at Rapa town.

Despite arrival of Monsoon, Madhya Pradesh was yet to experience adequate rains so far and the state received moderate to heavy rains in some areas in the last 24 hours, Regional Meteorological Department sources said today.

The state, however, might receive heavy rains in two or three days as low pressure areas were being formed in Bay of Bengal and Arabian sea, the sources said.