Mumbai Rain : The megacity has received five times the normal amount of rain.
Mumbai has been reeling under the impact of heavy monsoon rain. The city received five times the normal amount of rain, which led to waterlogging on roads and rail tracks. At Nallasopara, water levels rose to 460mm, making it impossible to run trains. Mumbai rain made the dabbawalas suspend their services for a day. Education Minister Vinod Tawde tweeted that school principals in Mumbai have been asked to assess the situation in their areas and take a call on closure of schools. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the Navy and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were on standby. The megacity has received 90% of the total rain of the month of July.
Mumbai weather has also affected flights. An Air India Express flight overshot the runway while landing at Mumbai airport Tuesday afternoon, due to heavy rain. “The aircraft had touched down correctly and used maximum braking but due to the slippery conditions caused by heavy rain the aircraft could stop only at the stopway," the spokesperson added.
Here are the live updates on Mumbai rain :
It will rain for next 3-4 days in Mumbai and Konkan but intensity will decrease and on 13-14 July intensity might go up. In the coming 3- 4 days it will rain in north-west India and temperatures will drop. It may start raining in Delhi-NCR from tonight: Charan Singh, from met office quoted by ANI
Streets near the Nala Sopara station are still submerged. People have been stuck in their houses since the past four days.
Train No. 17018 Secunderabad - Rajkot Express of 09.07.18 will now run upto Surat via diverted route Kalyan-Jalgaon-Surat and remain cancelled between Surat-Rajkot : Western Railway
Train No. 19023 Mumbai Central - Firozpur Cantt of 11.07.18 will leave from Ex Valsad at 15.15 hrs and remain cancelled between Mumbai Central - Valsad : Western Railway
Divisional Railway Manager put out the following helpline numbers:
Surat - 02612401791
Mumbai Central - 23077292 / 02267645552
Bandra Terminus - 26425756 / 02267647594
Borivali - 02267634146
Local train services were adversely affected on a section of the Western Railway (WR) on Tuesday due to inundation of tracks.
More schedule changes
Train No. 12972 Bhavnagar - Bandra Terminus Express of 10.07.18 has been short terminated at Vapi and will be reversed as Train No. 19217 from Navsari at 20.05 hrs.
Train No. 12902 Ahmedabad - Mumbai Central Gujarat Mail of 10.07.18 has been short terminated at Navsari and will be reversed as Train No. 12901 from Navsari at 01.40 hrs of 12.07.18
Train No. 19708 Jaipur - Bandra Terminus Aravali Express of 10.07.18 has been short terminated at Dahanu Road and will be reversed as Train No. 19707 from Dahanu Road at 22.50 hrs.
Train Schedule Changes:
Train No. 19332 Indore - Kochuveli Express of 10.07.18 has been diverted via Surat-Jalgaon
Train No. 59045 Bandra Terminus - Vapi Passenger of 11.07.18 has been cancelled
Train No. 12479 Jodhpur - Bandra Terminus Surya Nagari Express of 10.07.18 has been short terminated at Surat and remain cancelled between Surat-Bandra Terminus
Suburban trains running normal between Churchgate - Bhayander and Virar- Dahanu Road. Trains being run on slow Up line {towards Churchgate} from Virar at 10 kmph in Virar-Bhayander section.
The postal colony in Chembur was waterlogged for almost 72 hours. The water level has gone down but residents are still facing troubles. A resident said he had fallen ill and the rains had caused damage to his house.
Railway officials soon spotted the video online and immediately clarified that the cloth was used only to mark the point of fracture, and not used to bridge the crack, as was claimed in the video. They also said that paint could not be used to mark the crack due to heavy rain in, and around Mumbai.
The Central Railway issued a clarification late on Tuesday evening saying that a video doing the rounds on social media is not accurate. The video, which purportedly shows railway employees "tying" a fractured piece of track with a cloth, was widely circulated on social media and chat platforms.
In its clarification, the Central Railway highlighted that the cloth was only used as a marker.
This morning, local trains are running on restricted speed between Churchgate in south Mumbai and Bhayander.
The Met department has predicted heavy to very heavy rain in Mumbai and its outskirts till tomorrow.
Among the areas that were been worst affected by the heavy rain on Tuesday were Nallasopara on the outskirts of the city. Several trains were stranded in the area and a number of homes were inundated.
Nearly 1,500 passengers who were stuck in two Mumbai-bound trains between Nallasopara and Vasai stations were rescued by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the police and fire brigade. Officials were seen distributing 2,000 packets of food to the stranded passengers.
Help was delivered to stranded passengers after train services were severely hit, following heavy rains.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation would be directed to collaborate with institutions like IIT Bombay to develop modern technology for ensuring good roads in Mumbai : PTI
06.45am, 11.07.2018. Local trains running normal bet Churchgate--Bhayander. Though water level has come down, on tracks at/near Nallasopara, it is still not at safe level. Suburban services will start bet Nallasopara-Virar as soon as water level comes down to safe level : Western Railway Tweet