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Monsoon clouds over Hooghly River in Kolkata on Sunday, 19 July 2009.

Fashion Designer and Trustee of NGO ‘I Love Mumbai’ Shaina N C and Trustee of NGO ‘The Dream We Share’ Aditya Thackeray organize tree planting drive for the monsoon season in Mumbai on Thursday, 16 July 2009.

Trustee of NGO ‘The Dream We Share’ Aditya Thackeray during tree planting drive organized for this monsoon season in Mumbai on Thursday, 16 July 2009.

Trustee of NGO ‘The Dream We Share’ Aditya Thackeray plants tree while Fashion Designer and Trustee of NGO ‘I Love Mumbai’ Shaina N C looks on during tree planting drive organized for this monsoon season in Mumbai on Thursday, 16 July 2009.

Bollywood Singer Kavita Krishnamurthy’s husband L Subramaniam during a press conference to announce BIG 92.7 FM ties up with BMC, BEST, Traffic Police, Railways, Netwinks, Ambulance Service 1298 and TOPSLINE Security Service to provide monsoon update information to listeners in Mumbai on Wednesday, 01 July 2009.

Traffic jam at Parel Bridge after city experienced heavy rains last night in Mumbai on Wednesday, 08 July 2009.

Bodo Tribes farmers plant rice in a paddy field in Bhella village on the outskirts of Guwahati on Wednesday,08 July 2009.Assam rice planting season finally began with the arrival of the monsoon.

Bodo Tribes farmers plant rice in a paddy field in Bhella village on the outskirts of Guwahati on Wednesday,08 July 2009.Assam rice planting season finally began with the arrival of the monsoon.

Bollywood Singer Kavita Krishnamurthy with her husband L Subramaniam during a press conference to announce BIG 92.7 FM ties up with BMC, BEST, Traffic Police, Railways, Netwinks, Ambulance Service 1298 and TOPSLINE Security Service to provide monsoon update information to listeners in Mumbai on Wednesday, 01 July 2009.

Bollywood Singer Kavita Krishnamurthy during a press conference to announce BIG 92.7 FM ties up with BMC, BEST, Traffic Police, Railways, Netwinks, Ambulance Service 1298 and TOPSLINE Security Service to provide monsoon update information to listeners in Mumbai on Wednesday, 01 July 2009.

Bollywood Singer Kavita Krishnamurthy addresses while Assistant Commissioner of Police Amarjit Singh, Head of TOPSLINE Security Service Dilip Nair and her husband L Subramaniam look on during a press conference to announce BIG 92.7 FM ties up with BMC, BEST, Traffic Police, Railways, Netwinks, Ambulance Service 1298 and TOPSLINE Security Service to provide monsoon update information to listeners in Mumbai on Wednesday, 01 July 2009.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Amarjit Singh during a press conference to announce BIG 92.7 FM ties up with BMC, BEST, Traffic Police, Railways, Netwinks, Ambulance Service 1298 and TOPSLINE Security Service to provide monsoon update information to listeners in Mumbai on Wednesday, 01 July 2009.

Participant Jasjeet Singh Saini rides a scooter through water during the Gulf monsoon scooter rally in Navi Mumbai on Sunday, 28 June 2009. Rustom Patel of Mumbai came first in the race.

Participant Shashank Shewale rides a scooter through water during the Gulf monsoon scooter rally in Navi Mumbai on Sunday, 28 June 2009. Rustom Patel of Mumbai came first in the race.

Participant Snehal Chavan rides a scooter through water during the Gulf monsoon scooter rally in Navi Mumbai on Sunday, 28 June 2009. Rustom Patel of Mumbai came first in the race.

Participant Rustom Patel rides a scooter through water during the Gulf monsoon scooter rally in Navi Mumbai on Sunday, 28 June 2009.

Participant Lovepreet Singh skids during the Gulf monsoon scooter rally in Navi Mumbai on Sunday, 28 June 2009. Rustom Patel of Mumbai came first in the race.

Participant rides a scooter through water during the Gulf monsoon scooter rally in Navi Mumbai on Sunday, 28 June 2009. Rustom Patel of Mumbai came first in the race.

Participant rides a scooter through water during the Gulf monsoon scooter rally in Navi Mumbai on Sunday, 28 June 2009. Rustom Patel of Mumbai came first in the race.

Boys enjoy the waves at Juhu Chowpatty after the rain in Mumbai on Thursday, 25 June 2009.

People try to get in the water to enjoy at Juhu Chowpatty in Mumbai on Thursday, 25 June 2009.

A boy runs from wave as he enjoys at Juhu Chowpatty in Mumbai on Thursday, 25 June 2009.

A child enjoys rain as monsoon begins in Mumbai on Tuesday, 23 June 2009.

A woman walks with her child as monsoon begins in Mumbai on Tuesday, 23 June 2009.

Parents taking their children to home as monsoon begin in Mumbai on Tuesday, 23 June 2009.

A couple share umbrella as monsoon begins in Mumbai on Tuesday, 23 June 2009.

Fisherman checks fishing net as a preparation of monsoon in Mumbai on Sunday, 31 May 2009.

Children enjoy pre-monsoon clouds in Mumbai on Sunday, 31 May 2009.

Children enjoy pre-monsoon clouds in Mumbai on Sunday, 31 May 2009.

BJP general secretary Madhu Chavan, Maharashtra BJP chief Nitin Gadkari, Opposition Leader Ramdas Kadam of the Shivsena and Chief Minister Ashok Chavan during Monsoon Session tea party conducted by Chief Minister Ashok Chavan for opposition party and respected politicians in at Sahyadri Guest house in Mumbai on Sunday, 31 May 2009.

BJP general secretary Vinod Tawde, Madhu Chavan, Maharashtra BJP chief Nitin Gadkari, Opposition Leader Ramdas Kadam of the Shivsena and Chief Minister Ashok Chavan during Monsoon Session tea party conducted by Chief Minister Ashok Chavan for opposition party and respected politicians in at Sahyadri Guest house in Mumbai on Sunday, 31 May 2009.

Opposition Leader Ramdas Kadam of the Shivsena, Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, Revenue minister Patangrao Kadam and Maharashtra BJP chief Nitin Gadkari during Monsoon Session tea party conducted by Chief Minister Ashok Chavan for opposition party and respected politicians in at Sahyadri Guest house in Mumbai on Sunday, 31 May 2009.

An Asiatic elephant enjoys a bath as temperature soar in Guwahati on Sunday,24 May 2009. Assam is the home of the largest concentration of Asiatic elephants in the world. Bereft of rainfall, large tracts of Assam are witnessing rising temperatures unusual for the pre-monsoon period.

Asiatic elephants enjoy a bath as temperature soar in Guwahati on Sunday,24 May 2009. Assam is the home of the largest concentration of Asiatic elephants in the world. Bereft of rainfall, large tracts of Assam are witnessing rising temperatures unusual for the pre-monsoon period.

An Asiatic elephant enjoys a bath as temperature soar in Guwahati on Sunday,24 May 2009. Assam is the home of the largest concentration of Asiatic elephants in the world. Bereft of rainfall, large tracts of Assam are witnessing rising temperatures unusual for the pre-monsoon period.

Tuskers in Corbett: - The best place for seeing the Elephants in Corbett is called Chuar in Dhikala Area, The Chaur is grassland which is burn by forest guards in early February, as Corbett National park gets pre monsoon showers in end of April or early May, with this new fresh grass grows, which taste good to elephants and gives green background for photography, as elephants are grey and black in colour or some time muddy, so the green give good colour contrast to photographs.

Panoramic view of Western Ghats: - The western ghats are important mountains, these are the rainmakers.These ghats are the home of so many species of plants, flowers, insects and reptiles, birds and mammals. After monsoon these ghats looks very beautiful like wearing a green coat.

The members of “Shiv Nagar Parbati Mahila Samiti” of Hengrabari hillside area of Guwahati organised the marriage ceremony of frogs to pray for “Rainfall” in Guwahati on Friday, 13 March 2009. There is a mythological believe among Hindus that if the wild frogs caught by the people and traditionally got married like human beings thereafter , the ritual can bring rainfall in coming days. The farmers of Assam facing a drought like situation all through the state as the monsoon wave are yet to hit the plains of Assam. Guwahati city is also passing through a bad phase of dust storm and dry wave these days followed by severe water crisis in paddy fields, which motivated the citizens to arrange frog marriage today.