What Happens When Monsoon Is Delayed In Mumbai

Monsoon missed its regular date of arrival in Mumbai, which is June 10, because of cyclone Biparjoy this year.

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By the time you read this, the first showers of monsoon rains would have hit Mumbai. The season missed its regular date of arrival in Mumbai by June 10, thanks to the cyclone Biparjoy. The cyclone robbed the city of its first lot of the rainy clouds and sent them to Gujarat and Rajasthan. Hence, the raingod is around three weeks late to bless Mumbai this time.  I remember that during my school days whenever the monsoon was delayed, even by two weeks, a discussion used to start — "Kya