India, July 6 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued a red alert for the ghat sections of Pune district for July 6 and 7, with a warning of extremely heavy rainfall in these regions.

Officials have advised people in Pune and nearby regions to avoid non-essential travel to ghat areas over the next two days and to take necessary precautions.

SD Sanap, senior meteorologist at IMD Pune, said, "The model forecast suggests that Pune city will experience cloudy skies with light to moderate rainfall until July 11. However, the ghat areas are likely to witness heavy to extremely heavy rainfall on July 6 and 7. From July 8 onward, rainfall intensity is expected to reduce, and the alert level will be downgraded to yellow."...