Mumbai received heavy rains early Monday, leading to severe waterlogging in many parts. Train services were affected due to the rains.
“Heavy rains in some low-lying areas led to waterlogging and disruption of suburban train services,” BMC said.
Heavy rain is also expected today, BMC warned.
In order to avoid inconvenience to students, BMC has announced a holiday for the first session ‘for all BMC, Government and Private schools and colleges in Mumbai (BMC area)’. The decision for the next session will be announced after reviewing the situatation.
Train Services Affected
Train services were affected due to the rains.
“Due to heavy rain in mumbai suburban & harbour line train traffic delay due to watter logging. Effected station- CSMT- CHF-LTT,” DRM Mumbai CR tweeted early Monday.
However, later the Western Railway said they have used high capacity water pumps to drain out the water from tracks and that the suburban section is running normally. “Despite heavy downpour.
Severe Waterlogging in Mumbai
Many parts of the city saw waterlogging after the heavy rains early Monday. Videos tweeted by news wire agency showed knee deep water in King’s Circle area, Buntara Bhavan in Kurla East, Dadar and other areas.
Meanwhile, many Twitter users took to the social network to share videos of waterlogged streets.
Heavy rain in Mumbai on Sunday caused waterlogging, long traffic jams, and disruptions to local train services and flight operations. The downpours, which included heavy overnight showers, are expected to continue this week. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted moderate to heavy rainfall in Mumbai throughout the day on July 8.
The local weather department reported that heavy rain persisted in Mumbai’s Dindoshi early Monday, leading to waterlogging in multiple areas. The IMD has forecasted heavy rain in Maharashtra over three to four days. The MeT department indicated that heavy rain will impact the Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada regions from July 8 to July 10, 2024.