Mumbai Low Lying Areas

An annual event now, the city of Mumbai finds itself coming to a halt every time the rain gods are a little more generous than usual. The city's crumbling infrastructure can barely handle its population, it certainly does not have space to accommodate more water or the means to channelise it efficiently into the Arabian sea. In the recent spell of ...

Mumbai rains extremely vulnerable to urban flooding due to a combination of low lying areas and excessive rainfall that the city receives. Also, the heavy construction activity in the city is reducing the catchment area in the metropolis.

Mumbai was hit by heavy rain this morning as monsoon arrived, inundating low lying areas and disrupting local trains and flights. At least 20 domestic flights have been delayed and one cancelled; 12 international flights are also late, while two stand cancelled. Local trains are running 15-20 minutes late, officials said. "Parts of a wall fell on t...

Incessant rains for the second day in a row wreaked havoc in Thane district, cutting off several low lying areas, leaving thousands of people marooned.

Despite government agencies claiming that the city was ready to tackle the monsoons this year, the rainfall that started yesterday morning in the suburbs once again proved them wrong. Within just a few hours of rain, water logging was witnessed in the low-lying areas of Andheri subway and Juhu galli.

Mumbai weather: A disaster management team has rescued 33 people from a resort in Thane district near Mumbai. Eighty people were trapped inside the Silent Hill resort after relentless rains flooded the low lying area where it is situated. Twenty chartered accountants, two families, and a staff of 50 people were stuck at the resort, close to the Vai...

An annual event now, the city of Mumbai finds itself coming to a halt every time the rain gods are a little more generous than usual. The city's crumbling infrastructure can barely handle its population, it certainly does not have space to accommodate more water or the means to channelise it efficiently into the Arabian sea. In the recent spell of ...

Mumbai rains extremely vulnerable to urban flooding due to a combination of low lying areas and excessive rainfall that the city receives. Also, the heavy construction activity in the city is reducing the catchment area in the metropolis.

Mumbai was hit by heavy rain this morning as monsoon arrived, inundating low lying areas and disrupting local trains and flights. At least 20 domestic flights have been delayed and one cancelled; 12 international flights are also late, while two stand cancelled. Local trains are running 15-20 minutes late, officials said. "Parts of a wall fell on t...

Incessant rains for the second day in a row wreaked havoc in Thane district, cutting off several low lying areas, leaving thousands of people marooned.

Despite government agencies claiming that the city was ready to tackle the monsoons this year, the rainfall that started yesterday morning in the suburbs once again proved them wrong. Within just a few hours of rain, water logging was witnessed in the low-lying areas of Andheri subway and Juhu galli.

Mumbai weather: A disaster management team has rescued 33 people from a resort in Thane district near Mumbai. Eighty people were trapped inside the Silent Hill resort after relentless rains flooded the low lying area where it is situated. Twenty chartered accountants, two families, and a staff of 50 people were stuck at the resort, close to the Vai...