Flashback 26 July, 2005: The day Mumbai came to a standstill

The financial cost of floods was huge with the stoppage of entire commercial, trading, and industrial activity for days.

For the first time ever, Mumbai's airports (Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Sahar and Juhu aerodrome) were shut for more than 30 hours due to heavy flooding and extremely poor visibility. Over 700 flights had to be cancelled or were delayed.

Reports say the floods caused a direct loss of about Rs. 550 crores (€80 million or US$100 million).

Neighbours and relatives grieve during a funeral of an Indian stampede victim in the Nehru Nagar shantytown in Mumbai 29 July 2005. Residents of a Mumbai shantytown stampeded on false rumours of a burst dam and tsnumai waves advancing towards the coast.

Rescue workers carry a body which was recovered from beneath a landslide in the Saki Naka suburb of Mumbai.

Officials escort an injured survivor after he was rescued from a burning oil platform.

Clogging up of traffic due to heavy rains.

Families cross railway tracks to enter a station.

A driver pushes his taxi on a flooded street.

Commuters walk through the waterlogged Mahim-Wadala railway junction.

Reports say 52 local trains got damaged. 37,000 autorickshaws destroyed. 4,000 taxis, 900 BEST buses damaged. 10,000 trucks and tempos grounded.

5 million mobile and 2.3 million MTNL landline users were hit for over four hours.

Thousands of animal carcasses floated in the flood waters, raising concerns about the possibility of an epidemic.

The flooding led to the overflowing of the sewage system. All water lines were contaminated. The Government ordered all housing societies to add chlorine to their water tanks while they decontaminate the water supply.

The floods were caused by the eighth heaviest, ever recorded 24-hour rainfall figure of 944 mm (37.17 inches) which lashed the financial capital on 26 July 2005, and intermittently continued for the next day. 644mm (25.35 inches) was received within the 12-hour period between 8am and 8pm.

Thousands lost their homes, death toll was in hundreds, lakhs walked for long distances to get back home on that fateful evening.

Eleven years ago, on this very day, Mumbai was deluged by heavy rainfall. Scroll below to look at tragic scenes in the Maximum City. (ALL PICS/AFP)