The Delhi Cabinet, in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, approved relief for farmers affected by crop damage due to rain during August-September last year.
In Haryana, rain was reported in Panchkula, Fatehabad, and Sirsa during the morning hours, while light showers continued in parts of the state later in the day.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken cognisance of the damage caused by storm, rain, and lightning in Uttar Pradesh.
Thunderstorms, hailstorm and lightning strikes caused large-scale destruction across Uttar Pradesh, damaging homes and livestock while officials rushed relief operations in multiple districts.
Despite a spell of sudden rain across Delhi-NCR that brought temporary relief from the intensifying summer heat, air quality levels largely remained in the 'Poor' category on Saturday, with a few areas recording 'Moderate' conditions, according to official data.
Delhi woke up to an intense spell of rain across the capital and NCR on Thursday, marking a rainy end to July.
Torrential rains since Thursday night have inundated large parts of Kolkata and southern Bengal, disrupting daily life and prompting weather alerts, even as meteorologists say the worst may be over.
The system is likely to intensify on Thursday evening or Friday morning, a CEC bulletin said, adding that it is expected to move in a northwesterly direction towards Jharkhand and north Chhattisgarh.
Authorities have issued warnings of thunderstorms accompanied by gusty winds in parts of southern West Bengal through Thursday, though no significant rainfall is expected across the region until next week.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast renewed spells of heavy rainfall in parts of West Bengal beginning Monday, even as a weakened low-pressure area over Gangetic Bengal continues to bring intermittent rain to the region.
