Heavy Rain, Flooding In Mumbai, Local Trains Stopped, Offices Shut
Mumbai: Many areas of Mumbai have been flooded after extremely heavy rain at night and this morning. Local trains have been halted for Mumbai's 20 million residents, except for emergency services as all offices in the city remain closed today.
The financial capital and some neighboring districts are on red alert for "extremely heavy rainfall" today and tomorrow. Apart from Mumbai, an alert has been issued for Thane, Pune, Raigad and Ratnagiri districts of Maharashtra.
Mumbai's civic body has said that except for essential services, all other offices in the city will remain closed today. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) tweeted, "All installations will remain closed except for heavy rain since last night and @IndiaMetDep's heavy rain forecast and emergency services in Mumbai."
The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) bus services have been diverted on at least eight routes in various parts and suburbs of Mumbai, the civic body said.
Roads have been flooded in areas such as Goregaon, King Circle, Hindmata, Dadar, Shivaji Chowk, Shell Colony, Kurla ST Depot, Bandra Talkies, Sion Road. There is also a landslide on the Western Express Highway in the Malad area.
With a high tide expected at 12:47 pm, the civic body has alerted all concerned departments and people not to go near any beach or low-lying areas. Tidal waves of around 4.51 meters are predicted due to heavy rain.
Mumbai city received 230.06 mm of rain from 8 am on Monday till 6 am today. The eastern and western suburbs recorded 162.83 and 162.28 mm of rainfall respectively.
The Meteorological Department has also warned of strong winds on the north Maharashtra coast today, tomorrow, and Thursday.
Mumbai's roads are regularly flooded during the monsoon, lasting from June to September or October, and which provide most of its annual rainfall to India.
Almost every monsoon, Mumbai struggles to deal with the chaos caused by the rain. Suburban trains are affected and low-lying areas are flooded.
Last year, the heaviest rains in Mumbai in a decade led to many deaths and widespread dislocation of rail, road and air transport.
Most of Mumbai's mangrove covers, which are extremely effective in helping drain water, make way for high growth over the past decade.
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