Mumbai Monsoon Rains HIGHLIGHTS: Mumbai's Powai Lake Overflows Due To Heavy Showers
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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)
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)
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)
Mumbai and its adjoining areas witnessed heavy showers on Tuesday, resulting in water-logging at a number of places including railway tracks, which slowed the movement of trains and vehicles on roads.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted moderate to heavy rain in Mumbai and its suburbs over the next 24 hours, with a possibility of very heavy showers at isolated places, civic officials said.
The island city (south Mumbai) received an average 95.81 mm rainfall in the 24 hour period ending at 8 am on Tuesday, while the eastern and western suburbs recorded 115.09 mm and 116.73 mm rainfall, respectively, during the same period, they said.
Between 8 am and 11.30 am on Tuesday, the island city received an average 41 mm rainfall, while the eastern and western suburbs got 85 mm and 55 mm showers, respectively, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials said.
The local train services, considered as the lifeline of Mumbai, were affected mainly on the main and harbour corridors of the Central Railway due to water- logging on tracks near Kurla, slowing down train movement, rail sources said.
There was also bunching of trains heading towards the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in south Mumbai on the main line, they said.
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.
Some commuters also complained about heavy-water logging in some subways in Panvel, Khandeshwar and Mansarovar stations on the Harbour line in neighbouring 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 via alternate routes, due to inundation in Sion, Chembur, Bandra, Air India Colony, Kurla and few other locations, an official said.
According to the Mumbai traffic police, a road near the Sadhna High School in Sion area of central Mumbai was closed due to water-logging up to 1.5 feet. The traffic was diverted through the Sion junction, they said.
There was also water-logging of up to one feet near the Santacruz railway station, resulting in slow vehicular movement, police said.
The vehicular movement was slow at Dadar TT, Parel TT, Sakkar Panchayat Chowk, Wadala in central Mumbai, Tembi bridge in Chembur, and near the Mankhurd railway station due to water rising up to one to two feet, they said.
Traffic police personnel were deployed at various locations to avoid vehicular congestion due to the heavy rains, an official said.
Citizens also complained of water-logging at the Gandhi Market, areas in Kurla and Dharavi, resulting in problems for motorists and pedestrians.
Civic officials were seen trying to convey to the media how quickly the rain water receded at some inundation-prone spots like the Hindmata and Gandhi Market.
Between 8 am and 11.30 am on Tuesday, the M-west ward in Mumbai received 106 mm rainfall, the M-east ward recorded 98 mm, the G-south ward got 88 mm rain, the N-ward got 92 mm and the F-south ward received 79 mm rain, according to the BMC.
The IMD has also predicted heavy to very heavy rain in neighbouring Thane district for the next few days.
On Monday, the IMD had issued a 'yellow alert' for Mumbai and Thane, predicting heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places over the next five days. (PTI)
Several parts of Thane city and surrounding towns in Maharashtra were inundated and incidents of wall collapse were reported, due to incessant rainfall in these areas on Tuesday, an official said.
Local firemen attended to several tree falls, with six such incidents being reported in Thane city alone, chief of the regional disaster management cell (RDMC) said.
A high protection wall of a housing complex collapsed on Tikujiniwadi road around 10.45 am. A huge tree fell on the wall, causing it to collapse, he said, adding that the rest of the structure was in a precarious condition.
Local firemen and RDMC team rushed to the scene to clear the debris and tree from the road, which was blocked, the official said.
Meanwhile, as many as 17 families, who were affected due to a wall collapse at a chawl in Mumbra on Monday, have been accommodated at a civic school, the authorities said. (PTI)
Background
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.
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