Mumbai Rain In 5 Pics: Roads, Stations Flooded

Mumbai and its suburbs experienced heavy rain on Monday night and Tuesday morning, with several parts of the city inundated.

Various areas of Mumbai witnessed waterlogging, causing severe traffic jams. Visuals surfacing on social media depict residents in knee-deep water on the roads on Sion and Andheri.

Mumbai has been receiving heavy rainfall since Monday.

Due to flooding in many low-lying areas and railway tracks, train and bus services were also affected.

In view of the heavy rain in Mumbai and coastal Maharashtra in general, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has deployed its teams for emergency services.

There was also an incident of a landslide in the Ghatkopar area of the city.

Meanwhile, a yellow alert has been issued for Mumbai and Thane districts predicting heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places.

Out of the eight NDRF teams in Maharashtra, one each is stationed at Nagpur, Chiplun and Malad, while the rest five teams are in Mumbai.

Train and bus services were also affected due to the rain.

According to civic officials, Mumbai recorded 21 mm of rainfall from 8 am to 6 pm, while the eastern and western suburbs received 17 mm and 25 mm of rainfall, respectively.

 Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde directed officials to monitor the situation and keep the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) squads ready, said the chief minister's office (CMO) on Tuesday.

Train stations were seen inundated after the deluge.

Mr Shinde held a discussion with Chief Secretary Manukumar Srivastava along with directing all the related districts' guardian secretaries to stay alert and control the situation.

Waterlogging was also reported at Khandeshwar railway station after heavy rainfall.

Trains on all corridors are running though some of the trains on the main harbour line are running late, according to a Central Railway update.