The BBC's Prachi Pinglay in Mumbai says that rainfall figures are alarming compared with last year. In many areas of the state of Maharashtra and its capital, there has been only 25% of the rainfall received by this time last year.
If more rain does not arrive soon, the lakes which supply Mumbai will recede still further.
The drought in Maharashtra in the west comes as half a million people have been stranded as rivers burst their banks due to flooding in the north-eastern state of Assam.
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India's capital, Delhi, is also reeling from depleted water supplies, while many towns and villages across the country still have woefully inadequate safe drinking water facilities.
They depend largely on bore wells, which have seriously depleted the country's water table.
The BBC's Zubair Ahmed in Mumbai says farm produce is also likely to be badly affected if the full monsoon does not arrive soon.
Flom i en del av landet, tørke i en annen... Dette må vel skrives på kontoen for klimaforandringer.
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