"We did not say no to IPL. We just said we cannot give drinking water for IPL," Fadnavis said.
The city has been sunny and almost dry during the past 24 hours with rain recordings of 10.4 mm at Colaba and 10.6 mm at Santa Cruz up to 8.30 on Tuesday morning.
Nepal, which is reeling under Saturday's earthquake, is likely to experience widespread rains and thundershowers which may trigger landslides, according to the weather department which has asked people to remain alert.
56.5 mm rain was recorded in Colaba while 84.0 mm was recorded at Santa Cruz over the last 24 hours.
Maximum temperature at around 8 am on Monday was 18.1 degree Celsius, three degree Celsius below normal. On Sunday it was 18.7 degree Celsius.
No disturbance in air traffic has been reported due to weather conditions.
The Met department had earlier forecast the onset of monsoon over Kerala on May 24, over a week ahead of its scheduled arrival on June 1.
The IMD chief also allayed fears of occurrence of an El-Nino.
Hundreds of people have been evacuated to safer places in eastern Rajasthan after heavy rainfall over the past two days led to a flood-like situation in the region and severed road connectivity to many areas.
The tremor measured about 5.8 on the Richter Scale.
At the airport, air traffic was back to normal and there was no delay or cancellation of flights.
Reliance Communications has proposed an entry fee of Rs 150 crore (Rs 1.5 billion) for metro circles and Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) for category B circles for getting 3G spectrum.
All flights except the CAT III B enabled Indian flights had to be either rescheduled or canceled due to the foggy conditions.
The continuous snowfall is making the highway clearance operation by the Border Road Organisation difficult.
All primary schools will remain closed till Wednesday.
Cold wave tightened its grip on Kashmir Valley ahead of the onset of 'Chillai-Kalan' -- the 40-day harshest winter period -- with the summer capital Srinagar and Leh town recording the coldest night of the season.
The Maharashtra government has directed all schools and colleges in the city and neighbouring Thane district to remain closed on Saturday.
With conditions not favouring its progress, southwest monsoon is expected to hit the Kerala coast by June 4, three days after its normal onset date, the MET department has said.
The quake measured 7.2 on the Richter scale, but there was no immediate report of death or destruction.
Ten moderate aftershocks rocked the Nicobar Islands at regular intervals, with the strongest measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale, since Thursday night, the Met department said on Friday.
In the last few days, temperatures have been recorded several notches below normal in Delhi, with cold wave conditions persisting across north India.\n\n
The MeT department warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall in Gangetic West Bengal till Saturday, ahead of Durga Puja festivities.
The minimum visibility in the Palam area, where the airport is located, fell to near zero levels, a Met official said.
After missing its deadline, the monsoon is likely to hit the national capital and parts of north India by the end of the week, a private forecasting agency said on Monday.
A series of moderate intensity earthquakes rattled the Nicobar Islands on Thursday, the Met Department said.
There was little respite from the biting cold on Friday as a dense envelope of fog continued to affect air, rail and road traffic in the capital.
Monsoon normally hits Kerala on June 1 but this year, Met department had predicted that it will hit the state on June 5.
Around six lakh people have been housed in over 2000 relief camps in the two states.
'While it is very easy to blame the chief minister, the bureaucracy should be held accountable. Chief ministers come every five years but bureaucracy is a permanent setup. The bureaucracy is trained for handling such situations with alacrity.'
The North-West is expected to be hit the most.
Cyclonic storm Ashobaa is expected to intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm and then move northwestwards during next 24 hours.
It also rained heavily in other parts of North India.
A heat wave in India has already claimed more than 1,800 lives
The Indian Met Department has predicted a below normal monsoon.
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