Heavy rain lashed Mumbai and parts of Maharashtra throughout Monday
affecting life in the financial capital. Heavy showers are predicted by
the meteorological office during the next 24 hours in the city and the
suburbs.
Authorities said Colaba recorded a rainfall of 79.2 mm, while Santacruz
recorded 148.9 mm. Heavy showers were witnessed in the drought-prone
Marathwada region, including Beed, Osmanabad and Latur.
The local railway, Mumbai’s lifeline, was thrown out of gear with
hundreds of hapless commuters being marooned on railway platforms and
stationary trains.
Trains delayed
Trains along the western, central and harbour lines were delayed by 15
to 20 minutes due to water-logging in the tracks at several places.
There was water-logging at Sion, Matunga, Kurla, Byculla and Sandhurst
Road due to which local trains on the central line were delayed by
half-an-hour, a Central Railway spokesperson said. Flooding in Bandra
delayed trains on the western line by 20 minutes.
“The delay began after 8 p.m. The services will get back to normal. It
is taking some time for the trains to function normally owing to
bunching,” a Western Railway spokesperson said.
In the suburb of Chunabhatti, the extension of a hut collapsed injuring
four persons. There were no casualties. Several low-lying areas in the
island city and its suburbs were flooded casing traffic jams in the
suburbs of Malad, Kandivli, Jogeshwari, Andheri and Santacruz. A high
alert was sounded for heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours in Mumbai and
other parts of Maharashtra.
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