BENGALURU, India (AP) — The late arrival of India's monsoon season and below-average rainfall have caused problems ranging from planting delay…
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A boy carries a water can which he collect from a public tap in Mumbai, India, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Indian Muslims offer "Namaz-e-Istasqa" a special prayer for rains in Mumbai, India, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Indian Muslims offer "Namaz-e-Istasqa" a special prayer for rains in Mumbai, India, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Aishah Khan, a resident of a slum settlement, checks the quality of water from a public tap in Mumbai, India, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A woman walks through a waterlogged slum following monsoon rains in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Girls take shelter under palm leaves during a monsoon shower in Mumbai, India, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A dry tubewell is visible at an agricultural field on outskirts of Banda, India, Sunday, June 21 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Water tankers are seen outside a construction site in Mumbai, India, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A slum resident waits to collect water in a narrow lane of a slum settlement in Mumbai, India, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)