Monsoon fury subsides: IMD downgrades rain alerts for Pune, Nashik and Satara ghats

2 min readJul 31, 2026 07:38 PM IST Heavy rains lashed in Pune on Friday, disrupting daily life. (Express photograph by Arul Horizon) After a week of intense rainfall and successive red, orange and yellow alerts across Pune district and the ghats of Pune, Nashik and Satara, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a gradual easing of the monsoon from Saturday. While light to moderate rain is likely to continue in Pune district on Saturday, the intensity is expected to reduce further from August 2, with only light showers forecast thereafter.In the ghats of Pune and Nashik, the red alert in force on Friday has been downgraded to an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places on Saturday. From August 2, the alerts are expected to be eased further. The Pune