India Monsoon Live Updates: With a week to go before July ends, Mumbai has received 1,207 mm of rainfall this month as of Monday morning, according to the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Santacruz observatory. This is the third highest amount of rainfall the city has received in July since 2015. At 1,502.6 mm, Mumbai received the most rainfall in July 2020 followed by 1,464.8 mm in 2019. With the heavy downpour in the city on the first 13 days this month, rain in July met the average of 919.9 mm rain on July 12 this year.
Meanwhile, as heavy rains continue to batter parts of Gujarat, the Gujarat Congress announced that it will conduct a survey of the affected population. The party also accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of failing to make advance arrangements to provide relief to those affected by the floods. Instead, the BJP and local administrations were busy in party propaganda, said Congress’s chief whip CJ Chavda.
In other news, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday alleged corruption in the construction of expressways in the state, citing “potholes” in the recently inaugurated Bundelkhand Expressway. “After just five days of the inauguration, it developed big potholes. The expressway could not even handle a little rainfall… It seems there has been a dacoity in its construction, and not just loot,” Akhilesh said while speaking to media persons in Kannauj.