Heavy rains once again disrupted normal life in the Maximum city of Mumbai, with traffic severely affected. Railway tracks at Chunnabhati, Sion, Dadar, Masjid Bunder, Sandhurst Road are under water. While the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted very heavy rain over Mumbai and coastal Konkan in the next two days, rain will continue to lash the city till August 11, as per the IMD weekly forecast.
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Some low-lying areas in the country’s financial capital, particularly in Central Mumbai, witnessed water logging with people wading in deep waters in Parel.
The train services came to a halt at around 11.30 am and the operations resumed at 12.05 pm, he said.
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A train drives through a waterlogged road in Mumbai. At least 30 Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking bus routes were diverted owing to flooding at Multi Rathod Chok, Bombay Port Trust (BPT), Sion, Pratikshanagar, Hindmata, King’s Circle and National College, Bandra, from 9.15am. The Thane tehsildar’s office has asked authorities to depute rescue staff at problem points, especially along the foothills and low lying areas in areas around Parsik and Belapur hills, etc. Meanwhile, the Thane Municipal Corporation has started working on an action plan to tackle any rain related crisis to surface in the city. Local trains are delayed on the Harbour and the Central line, while traffic pile-ups have been reported from various parts of the city. During the last 24 hours, several areas in the state received heavy rains – Mahabaleshwar (159.6 mm), Radhanagari in Kolhapur (128.0) mm, Poladpur in Raigad (84mm), Matheran (72mm), Ratnagiri (71.8 mm) and Harnai weather station recorded 81.7 mm rainfall.
