Mumbai Monsoon Rains HIGHLIGHTS: Mumbai's Powai Lake Overflows Due To Heavy Showers
Mumbai Monsoon Rains HIGHLIGHTS: Follow this space to get the latest developments related to Mumbai rains. CM Eknath Shinde directs officials in six districts to stay on alert.
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Mumbai Monsoon Rains HIGHLIGHTS: An Orange alert, with a warning of heavy rainfall and strong winds, has been issued by the Meteorological Department in many areas of Maharashtra including Mumbai. Water logging has occurred in some areas of Andheri, Sion, Chembur and Kurla in Mumbai. Mumbai has received 95.81 mm of rain, 115.09 mm in the eastern suburbs and 116.73 mm in the western suburbs in the last 12 hours.
In view of this, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde held a meeting with Chief Secretary Manukumar and other officials on the rain situation. He issued instructions to all the officers to monitor and control the situation.
According to meteorologists, 95.81 mm of rain has been recorded in Mumbai in the last 24 hours. While the eastern and western suburbs recorded 115.09 mm and 116.73 mm of rain, respectively.
There was inundation on tracks in Sion, Kurla, Tilak Nagar and Wadala areas of the Central Railway route, the Central Railway's chief 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.
According to an official of the State Disaster Management Authority, the NDRF has deployed its team along with the dog squad in Chiplun in the Konkan region. The Jagbudi, Vashishti, Shastri, Sonavi, Kajali, Kodavali, Muchkundi and Bavanadi rivers were flowing above the danger mark since Monday morning, the local administration said. Local train services in Mumbai were delayed by 10 to 15 minutes due to heavy rains on Tuesday morning, forcing thousands of commuters to struggle to reach their workplaces on time.
Mumbai Monsoon Rains Live: Mumbai's Powai Lake Overflows Due To Heavy Showers
#WATCH | Maharashtra: Due to heavy rainfall in Mumbai, Powai Lake started overflowing at 6.15 pm today.
— ANI (@ANI) July 5, 2022
(Source: BMC PRO) pic.twitter.com/JSpetDsKpy
Mumbai Monsoon Rains Live: Landslide Near Thane's Mumbra Bypass, No Injuries Reported
#WATCH Maharashtra | Amid heavy rains, landslide near Thane's Mumbra bypass road. No injuries reported pic.twitter.com/xbQbC6rqPY
— ANI (@ANI) July 5, 2022
Mumbai Monsoon Rains Live: Six Houses Damaged, 1,543 People In Raigad District Shifted To Safer Places
In view of heavy rains, 1,543 people in the coastal Raigad district of Maharashtra have been shifted to safer places, while six houses suffered partial damage, a district official said on Tuesday.
Tala town recorded the highest 245 mm of rainfall in the Raigad district in the last 24 hours ending 8:30 AM on Tuesday. The district recorded 230 mm of rainfall in the same period, which amounts to 22.46% of the average rainfall of the year for the district.
A total of 526 families were shifted to safer places in Poladpur, Mahad, and Mangaon talukas considering the possibility of landslides and floods.
"A total of 1,543 people are shifted to safer places. Six houses from various places suffered partial damage due to rain," the official from the district collector's office said. (PTI)
Mumbai Monsoon Rains Live: Four Subways In North-West Part Of Mumbai Closed For Traffic
Four arterial subways in the north-west part of Mumbai had to be closed for traffic on Tuesday due to heavy rains since the early hours of the day, officials said.
These subways, namely Golibar, Milan, Andheri and Malad connect the east and west stretches of the north-western suburbs, which are otherwise divided by Western Railway tracks.
"Motorists have been diverted to alternate routes due to the closure of these four subways at present. Rains have caused traffic snarls in several places, leading to vehicles moving at snail's pace or getting stalled for long periods," a traffic police official said.
In Chamunda Circle in Borivali, traffic was disrupted for some time after an autorickshaw overturned, though no one was injured in the incident, while in areas close to Kalina University in Santa Cruz, vehicles were facing bottlenecks on the way to Kurla, the official said. (PTI)
Mumbai Monsoon Rains Live: Heavy Rain In Mahabaleshwar Hill Town, Koyna Dam Level Rising
Heavy rains lashed parts of popular hill station Mahabaleshwar and neighbouring areas of western Maharashtra and the Konkan region over the last 24 hours, as a result of which the water level of the Koyna dam was going up, officials said on Tuesday.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'yellow alert' for Satara district, where Mahabaleshwar and the Koyna dam are located, predicting heavy rains on Tuesday and the next two days at isolated places in some areas of the Western Ghats.
It has also issued an 'orange alert' for Friday, forecasting heavy to very heavy rains in isolated areas of the ghats. (PTI)
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