While some areas face floods after heavy rain, rainfall deficits in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab are raising concerns over farming, groundwater and water availability.
Gangtok: Sikkim is grappling with its most severe monsoon shortfall in five years, registering a 35% deficit in rainfall between June 1 and July 8, 2025, according to the latest data from the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Meteorological Centre in Gangtok. GN Raha, Director of the Meteorological Centre Gangtok, confirmed that five of the six.
