Monsoon Delay News Today

In a major relief to the common man, the Centre will sell tomatoes at Rs 80 per kg from Sunday, as against Rs 90 per kg earlier.

​ Heavy downpour disrupted road and rail traffic and several trains have been cancelled or delayed owing to poor weather conditions. Three Shatabdi trains — two Kalka-New Delhi and one Chandigarh-New Delhi — were cancelled along with Vande Bharat and two dozen other trains for Monday and Tuesday. , India News, Times Now

A 15-kg crate of tomatoes was sold for Rs 1,100 in Kolar wholesale APMC market on Sunday and this is expected to further drive up the price in the retail market in the city soon.

The cyclone has brought excess rainfall in northwest India, but also sucked moisture-laden winds from south, central and east India – causing a rain deficit that magnifies the heat wave.

The southwest monsoon, which normally sets in over Kerala on June 1, missed its onset date in the state on Sunday with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) anticipating a further delay of three to four days.

In the past five years, only once has the onset of monsoon happened on its normal date of 1 June – in 2020.