Mumbai rains: The city received its highest rainfall in 24 hours. (Reuters)
For Mumbai residents, Monday was another day of incessant rain, flooded streets and traffic snarls. Met office said it was heaviest rainfall that the city had received in 24 hours. A woman was crushed under a bus in Kalyan after hitting a pothole on a flooded street. The Western Railway (WR) and Central Railway (CR) were running late by around 15-20 minutes due to waterlogged tracks at various points on the network, causing misery for millions of morning-peak hour commuters.
Western Railways shared a photo of rail tracks in Nallasopara on the outskirts of Mumbai where the tracks seemed to be completely submerged in water. The water levels near the tracks rose to 460 mm, the railways said.The Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express has been stopped at Nallasopara station with the power supply in the train cut off as a precautionary step.
Mumbai was hit with 144.47 mm of rain, the eastern suburbs got 107.21 mm and the western suburbs received 131.32 mm till 8.30 a.m. It has continued with short spells of break. School principals in Mumbai have been asked to assess the situation in their areas and take a call on closure of schools, Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde tweeted.
Here are the live updates on Mumbai weather :
The worst-hit were Vasai, Nala Sopara, Virar, Ulhasnagar, Ambernath, Badlapur, and many villages and towns where thousands of homes were flooded or waterlogged with knee-deep waters.
In the past 21 days, the city has received over 60 per cent of its average seasonal total rains, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
According to the IMD, Mumbai recorded 165.8 mm rains so far this morning whereas the suburbs received 184.3 mm. More rains were forecast for the next couple of days.
IMD forecast: Continuous rain with heavy to very heavy falls at a few places with extremely heavy falls at one or two places very likely over city and suburbs.
Air India Express flight IX213 from Vijayawada to Mumbai while landing on alternate runway 14 due to closure of main runway 27, stopped 10 feet beyond the runway end on the paved Stopway. 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. No damage to aircraft or airport property or injuries to any person was reported and the aircraft taxied on its own power to the parking bay. Mumbai has been experiencing heavy continuous rain and the reason for the poor slippery conditions of the runway will be investigated.
Unabated construction on floodplains and coastal areas, as well as storm-water drains and waterways clogged by plastic garbage, have made the city increasingly vulnerable to storms.
Mumbai's dabbawalas, the city's famed lunch delivery men, suspended work for the day across the city due to the rains.
Members of NDRF & RPF,WR reached the 12928 Vadodara Express, between Nallasopara- Virar ,to provide necessary relief to its passengers . Food packets and water are being provided to the passengers in the train, Western Railway tweeted.
50 additional pumps deployed to clear the water. We are monitoring & taking care of situation minutely. We will also consider to extend date of admissions for various courses if situation demands: CM Devendra Fadnavis
Train Schedule Changes
- Train No. 12932 Ahmedabad - Mumbai Central Double Decker of 10.07.18 will be short terminated at Vapi and will be reversed as Train No. 12931 from Vapi at 16.30 hrs today i.e. 10.07.18.
- Train No. 22473 Bikaner- Bandra Terminus Superfast Express of 09.07.18 will be short terminated at Dahanu Road and will be reversed as Train No. 22474 from Dahanu Road at 16.25 hrs today i.e. 10.07.18.
- Train No. 12934 Ahmedabad - Mumbai Central Karnavati Express of 10.07.18 will be short terminated at Dahanu Road and will be reversed as Train No. 12933 from Dahanu Road at 15.30 hrs today i.e. 10.07.18.
Western Railway Update : Train No. 12215 Delhi Sarai Rohilla - Bandra Terminus of 09.07.18 will be short terminated at Umargam Road and will be reversed as Train No. 12216 from Umargam Road at 14.30 hrs today i.e. 10.07.18.
Warerlogged road in Wadala
Senior officers are closely monitoring the situation & restoration/relief works in view of traffic suspended between Bhayander-Virar due to water logging on tracks, Western Railway tweeted.
Services between Bhayander and Virar has been suspended due to heavy rains and waterlogging. Trains between Bhayander and Churchgate are running on all lines : Western Railway
With water levels above 400 mm, the power supply of Shatabdi express has to be switched off. As soon as water reecedes to safe level, train will be brought back to Mumbai Central. Sr Officers interacting with passengers and extending all possible help : Western Railway
More visuals of flooded railway tracks. The rains have disrupted rail services between Nallasopara and Virar
Due to incessant heavy downpour, water level at railway tracks at Nallasopara has further risen to 200 mm to 460 mm making it impossible to run trains bet Nallasopara and Virar. Area outside & along rail tracks is heavily flooded and water flowing on the tracks. DRM, Mumbai Central at site : Western Railway tweet
Waterlogged Sion Railway station after heavy rains in Mumbai.
BMC has asked people who need to wade through water to take Doxicycline.
A railways official said that services between Churchgate and Borivili are normal. The Central Railway's suburban services are running normally at all its corridors despite the heavy rain overnight.
"We did not collect the tiffins today, because of the water logging across the city. Our people find hard to wade through their cycle in knee deep water," Mumbai Dabbawalas Association's spokesperson Subhash Talekar was quoted by PTI.
Services of AC local have been suspended today ie 10.07.2018 in view of very heavy rains & water logging at/around Nallasopara, till further information. Inconvenience is deeply regretted please : Western Railways
Waterlogged roads after heavy rain in Mumbai.
Western railways tweeted that water levels were very high from rail levels at Nallasopara following heavy water accumulation in adjoining areas of tracks.
Mumbai Rains: Mumbai Braces For More Rain, Dabbawallahs Cancel Services TodayLocal trains in parts of Mumbai are running late by 10 to 15 minutes this morning due to heavy rain, the Western Railways said. After the city received five times the average rainfall on Monday, the weather department has sounded a red alert for today as well. As a result, the city's iconic 'dabbawalas' or lunch box carriers have cancelled their services for today."
Due to incessant rainfall, the Mumbai dabbawalas have cancelled services today.
Mumbai witnesses five times the normal amount of rain yesterday.
India Meteorological Department Mumbai's deputy director general KS Hosalikar said the intensity of rains in neighbouring districts of Palghar, Raigad and some parts in the south Konkan region was even more "vigorous" with these areas receiving 200 mm rainfall since yesterday.
Train services between Vasai and Virar to remain suspended until further information : ANI
Heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely at few places with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in the districts of Greater Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar between 10th to 13th July: Met Office