Mumbai likely to recieve rains in a couple of days

Mumbaikars who are grappling with 20 per cent water cut starting today, have a reason to cheer up, if weather bureau is to be believed the city is likely to receive showers within next two-three days.

"The monsoon currents have strengthened and it is expected that within next two-three days monsoon will arrive in some parts of Maharashtra including Mumbai. Places like Kolhapur, Sangli, and Goa received over 10 cm of rain on Friday, all of which were encouraging signs for Mumbai," Director of the Metereological Bureau, Sathi Devi said.

There has been a gradual strengthening of monsoon current with increase in the pressure gradient over Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Consequently, rainfall will increase along the west coast, Devi said. Usually, monsoon covers most parts of the country except northwest India by June 20 and so there has been a delay of about 10 days in advance of monsoon over Orissa, Maharashtra and north Andhra Pradesh, and about one week over Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and south Madhya Pradesh and south Gujarat, the weather bureau said.

However, in the absence of any strong surge, monsoon is not likely to advance over central India during next one week, it said.