The financial capital and the larger Mumbai Metropolitan Region witnessed heavy showers on Tuesday, resulting in waterlogging that slowed down local trains and caused traffic snarls.
India Meteorological Department has predicted moderate to heavy rainfall in Mumbai and its suburbs over the next 24 hours, with a possibility of very heavy showers at isolated places, civic officials said.
South Mumbai received an average 95.81 mm rainfall in the 24 hours ended 8:00 am on Tuesday. The eastern and western suburbs recorded 115.09 mm and 116.73 mm rainfall, respectively, during the same period.
Between 8:00 am and 11.30 am, the island city received an average 41 mm rainfall, while the eastern and western suburbs got 85 mm and 55 mm, said officials with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
Local train services were affected mainly on the main and harbour lines of Central Railways due to waterlogging on railway tracks near Kurla, slowing down train movement, sources said. There was also bunching of trains heading towards the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, they said.
There was inundation on tracks in Sion, Kurla, Tilak Nagar and Wadala areas of the Central Railway route, Public Relations Officer Shivaji Sutar said. "There is water in tracks at some locations...trains are being run at a cautious speed and we are continuously monitoring the situation," he said.
Some commuters also complained about waterlogging in some subways in Panvel, Khandeshwar and Mansarovar stations on the Harbour Line in Navi Mumbai, forcing them to wade through ankle-deep water.
Over 75 lakh commuters from Mumbai and neighbouring districts travel in local trains every day.
The BEST undertaking, which provides public bus services in Mumbai and neighbouring cities, was forced to divert its buses due to waterlogging in Sion, Chembur, Bandra, Air India Colony, Kurla and few other locations, an official said.
According to the Mumbai Traffic Police, a road near Sadhna High School in Sion was closed due to waterlogging up to 1.5 feet. The traffic was diverted through the Sion junction, they said. There was also waterlogging of up to one feet near the Santacruz railway station, resulting in slow traffic.
Traffic was slow at Dadar TT, Parel TT, Sakkar Panchayat Chowk, Wadala in central Mumbai, Tembi bridge in Chembur, and near Mankhurd Railway Station due to water rising up to one to two feet, officials said. Citizens also complained of waterlogging at Gandhi Market, Kurla and Dharavi.
On Monday, IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rain in neighbouring Thane district for the next few days. It has issued 'yellow alert' for Mumbai and Thane, predicting heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places over the next five days.
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