Heavy rains across Mumbai city and adjoining areas continue to affect normal life in several parts with residents grappling with waterlogged roads and various trains running late. Stay with us for all the live updates:Read Less
Due to heavy rains, Up and Down through line at Nala Sopara is halted. However, local trains on Western Suburbs are running late by 10 to 15 minutes between Virar to Churchgate: Divisional Railway Manager, Western railway
Visuals from Mumbai
Houses waterlogged in Palghar after heavy rain lashed parts of the district; visuals from Nala Sopara's Pandey Naga… https://t.co/B1FqgdeuSN
— ANI (@ANI) 1531183588000
Heavy rains in Mumbai
Heavy rain lashes Mumbai; #visuals of waterlogged streets from Vadala. #Maharashtra https://t.co/SCEic7icCB
— ANI (@ANI) 1531178420000
Weather forecast by IMD
Weather Forecast by IMD @2000 hrs. @CPMumbaiPolice https://t.co/rufY5wVKro
— Disaster Management (@DisasterMgmtBMC) 1531148004000
Teams of NDRF, SDRF, fire brigades, divers and other agencies are kept on high alert in Mumbai and all other districts including beaches, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, etc to tackle any emergencies.
BMC said the catchment areas of all the lakes supplying drinking water to the city of 18 million, received good rains.
So far, in the past 20 days, Mumbai has received 54 percent of its average annual total rainfall, said the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation. (IANS)
It is the highest rainfall of the season so far in 24 hours
Vehicles on many roads were seen crawling because of rain and low visibility, while potholes compounded the problem. Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde declared a holiday on Monday for schools and colleges in Mumbai due to heavy downpour.
Colaba records 105 mm in 9 hours
#MumbaiRains: Colaba records 105 mm in 9 hrs, Santa Cruz 76 mm; more heavy rains likely. https://t.co/OqneDKnUun… https://t.co/T9fBfREZFS
— SkymetWeather (@SkymetWeather) 1531140981000
BEST buses updates:
BEST BUS UPDATES @CPMumbaiPolice https://t.co/o1O75o3bFY
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Dadar Parsi Colony is waterlogged
#MumbaiRains: Dadar Parsi Colony is waterlogged. More rains ahead. #MumbaiRainsLive #Mumbai #MumbaiRain https://t.co/9e6Gp9jBqp
— SkymetWeather (@SkymetWeather) 1531135952000
Update from Western Railway
#WRUpdates 16.45 hrs. WR suburban services are running normal with minor delay due to low visibility in some areas.… https://t.co/SpdhN9Wptp
— Western Railway (@WesternRly) 1531135696000
Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) buses were slightly delayed, but no service was cancelled or suspended, a BEST spokesperson said.
Trains coming from Mumbai to Surat and Ahmedabad running late by 40 minutes to an hour due to heavy rains in Mumbai from the last 24 hours.
Train services of the Central Railway and Western Railway were slightly delayed due to waterlogging on rail tracks in some places, officials said.
Extremely heavy rain warning for Mumbai
#MumbaiRains Extremely heavy rain warning for today while heavy rains to continue till Thursday, forecasts IMD
— TOI Mumbai (@TOIMumbai) 1531137363000
The downpour in Mumbai caused traffic jams as many roads and streets were flooded and people were seen wading through knee-deep water.
Around 300 people were stuck at their homes in Vasai town of the adjoining Palghar district due to waterlogging in the area, reports PTI.
Potholes at Sion-Panvel highway connecting to road pali Taloja near Kalamboli marble market in Navi Mumbai.