Mumbai Rainfall: Pictures tweeted by news agency ANI showed the roads of Sion roadway swamped with water. People were seen learning knee-deep water in Andheri also.

As hefty rainfalls lashed Mumbai as well as its suburbs last evening as well as early today, parts of the city observed waterlogging and heavy traffic triggering trouble to the residents.

Pictures tweeted by news agency ANI showed the roadways of Sion flooded with water. People were seen learning water in Andheri, Chembur as well as Panvel also.


The neighborhood train services, considered as the lifeline of Mumbai, were running usually on both the Central Train and Western Railway paths, authorities said.

Buses on some paths, nevertheless, have been drawn away as a result of flooding in several low-lying areas.

The city obtained an average 95.81 mm rainfall in the 24-hour duration finishing at 8 am on Tuesday, while the eastern as well as western suburbs recorded 115.09 mm and also 116.73 mm rains, specifically, throughout the same period, officials stated.

The India Meteorological Division (IMD) on Monday predicted “modest to heavy rainfall” for Mumbai and its suburbs as well as the possibility of “extremely hefty to exceptionally heavy” showers at separated locations for the following couple of days.

Five National Catastrophe Reaction Pressure (NDRF) groups have actually been released in the city in the wake of the sharp issued by the Weather Division, authorities claimed.

Recently sworn-in Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has actually routed the authorities in Mumbai and also adjoining districts to be on alert and also maintain a vigil.

“Following heavy rainfall in numerous parts of the state, centimeters Eknath Shinde held a discussion with Principal Secretary Manukumar Srivastava along with routing all the associated areas’ guardian secretaries to maintain a vigil and manage the scenario,” his office tweeted.

As hefty rain extra pounds various other areas in Maharashtra also, landslides have been reported from at the very least two locations- suv Ghatkopar and Chiplun in Ratnagiri area, concerning 300 kilometres from Mumbai.

The orange alert, predicting heavy to extremely heavy rainfalls from June 4 to June 8, has been released for Raigad, Ratnagiri as well as Sindhudurg districts.

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Last Updated: 05 July 2022