Monsoon delayed

Monsoon will not keep its date with Delhi on Tuesday with weather officials declaring that it would probably hit the capital in first week of July because of a lull in the system.

"Monsoon has been delayed and it will probably hit Delhi in the first week of July," Dr SK Subramanian from the Indian Meteorological Department said.

The system is likely to get revived in the first week of July, he said, adding that the present conditions were likely to continue for two-three days. The monsoon system was in a lull phase and except in Kerala and rainfall had been scanty over the past few days, he said.

However, monsoon within or before seven days of the usual date is called a normal onset. Last year for Delhi, the onset had occurred on July 5, Dr RC Vashishtha from the IMD's Safdarjung office said.