The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has confirmed that the monsoon has withdrawn from Mumbai. In the last 3 days, there has been no rainfall in the city and suburbs, while the weather has remained mostly humid. According to IMD, monsoon has also retreated from Pune and Nagpur and there has been a complete withdrawal from 45 percent of Maharashtra.

The late onset of monsoon this year had kept the city on edge as water stock continued to dip drastically. The BMC even imposed a 10 per cent cut owing to the grim situation. However, the rains gathered pace in July and finally shored up seven lakes supplying water to the city. By July-end two-thirds of the season's rainfall had been recorded.

After an extended dry spell in August and heavy showers in September, the city has enough stock to tide over an entire year, until the next monsoon.