Mumbai and its suburbs received greater than 100 mm of rain in ten hours till Sunday night, flooding roads in quite a few places, diverting planes, and disrupting native prepare service on a Central Railway portion between Dadar and Matunga stations owing to waterlogging.
Jap and western suburbs obtained a rainfall of 118 mm and 110 mm, respectively, officers mentioned.
A complete of 36 flights have been cancelled on the Mumbai airport and 15 flights, together with those operated by Air India, IndiGo and Akasa, have been diverted to close by airports, primarily Ahmedabad, until 4 pm, amid intermittent heavy spells of rain.
Heavy rains compelled the power operator to droop runway operations twice in the course of the day, for eight minutes at 12.12 pm and later from 1 pm to 1.15 pm, sources mentioned.
Native prepare providers have been delayed by 15 to twenty minutes on the Harbour Line because of waterlogging close to Mankhurd, Panvel and Kurla stations, whereas providers on the Western Railway part operated usually.
Within the night, the Central Railway providers on the down quick line between Dadar and Matunga stations have been affected. Moreover, water logging on tracks at Dadar on the Up and Down quick line compounded the issue, an official mentioned.
Just a few buses have been diverted due to flooding in lots of elements of town.
A site visitors police official mentioned Andheri Subway in DN Nagar was closed, and the southbound site visitors was diverted through Gokhale Bridge and northbound site visitors through Thackeray Bridge because of water accumulation.
Equally, the Khar subway was closed, resulting in site visitors diversion through Linking Highway. Maharashtra Nagar subway in Trombay was additionally shut for site visitors because of flooding within the space, he mentioned.A number of autos have been stranded on inundated roads in Wadala and Matunga in central Mumbai, the official mentioned.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde requested officers to be on excessive alert in mild of heavy rains in a number of elements of Maharashtra.
The State Catastrophe Response Power, the native administration, civic our bodies, police, and many others, ought to take common updates on the climate from the India Meteorological Division and plan accordingly to offer reduction to residents, he mentioned.
As many as 60 picnickers have been rescued on Sunday after they have been caught in gushing water on a hill in Belapur node of Navi Mumbai amid heavy rains, officers mentioned.
Navi Mumbai obtained 83.38 mm of rainfall in 5 hours ended at 1:30 PM, inflicting water-logging in a number of areas in Vashi, Nerul and Sanpada.
In the meantime, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday criticised the Maharashtra authorities after video clips surfaced on social media purportedly displaying policemen filling potholes on roads in Mumbai and Mira Bhayander, on town’s outskirts.
Thackeray questioned why the lads in khaki have been being requested to fill the craters as a substitute of the contracted companies owned by the allies of the BJP and the ruling alliance.
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