Due to heavy rains in Mumbai, there has been water-logging in the Gandhi Market area. Waterlogging was also seen at Hindmata and Parel.
Heavy rains that began lashing the maximum city Mumbai on Thursday night, continues to batter it even on Friday morning. Roads were flooded in many low-lying areas, including Wadala, Sion and Gandhi Market. BMC has changed the routes of buses due to heavy rains and waterlogging. Local train services on the Harbor Line have also been affected. The runway of the airport is flooded. However, the information about the impact on the flights has not been revealed yet. Apart from Mumbai, the Meteorological Department has also issued a red alert of rain for Thane and Raigad.
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GoodMorning #Mumbai
It's a dark overcast rainy day….& Water level has already gone up at #Matunga #KingCircle #GandhiMarket area.
Flooding has begun…#MumbaiRains #MumbaiRainpic.twitter.com/cCc8UpxHXC
— मुंबई Matters™✳️ (@mumbaimatterz) July 16, 2021
Water logging on local track central line near ghatkopar #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/bvwPD3qJbW
— RaviKumar Akulwar (@AkulwarRavi) July 16, 2021
While issuing an alert, the Meteorological Department has said that light to moderate rain and torrential rains may occur at some places in Mumbai and its suburbs in the next 24 hours. Due to heavy rains in Mumbai, there has been water-logging in the Gandhi Market area. Waterlogging was also seen at Hindmata and Parel. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has also requested people to stay away from the seashore and not roam in waterlogged areas.
Water logging at Western Express near The Hub, #Mumbai
Traffic on highway is affected till Kandivali.
With local not permitted, people are going to get stuck in-between.#Mumbairains it can be worse later in a day today due to high tide.
pic.twitter.com/53j9sdWarL— CS Jigar Shah (@FCSJigarShah) July 16, 2021
#WATCH | Mumbai: Daily commuters' movement affected as railway track waterlogged in Sion following heavy rainfall.
Regional Meteorological Centre, Mumbai predicts "light to moderate rain in city & suburbs with possibility of heavy rainfall at isolated places" for next 24 hours pic.twitter.com/s6qq03tuIr
— ANI (@ANI) July 16, 2021
According to CPRO of Central Railway, trains are running late by 20-25 minutes near Kurla-Vidyavihar due to heavy rains and waterlogging. Slow line traffic between Kurla-Vidyavihar has been diverted to the fast line. Trains on the Harbor line are also running late by 20-25 minutes. Trans-Harbour Line traffic is, however, running smoothly.
Mumbai has received a total of 1291.8 mm of rain since June 1, which is almost 48% more than normal. In the last one week alone, Mumbai received around 302 mm of rain, which is 77% more than normal.
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