Mumbai Deluge: Roads Flooded, Trains Disrupted
Heavy rains swamp Mumbai, suburbs hit hardest.
Relentless heavy rainfall battered Mumbai and its neighboring areas, causing severe flooding in low-lying regions, disrupting local train services, and creating widespread traffic chaos on Tuesday morning. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a 'red alert' forecasting extremely heavy showers, prompting the closure of schools and colleges across Mumbai and the Konkan region, including Palghar, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, and Sindhudurg districts.
From 8:30 am Monday to 8:30 am Tuesday, Mumbai’s suburbs recorded staggering rainfall, with Vikhroli topping the charts at 255.5 mm, followed by Byculla at 241 mm, Juhu at 221.5 mm, and Bandra at 211 mm. The Santacruz observatory, representing the western suburbs, logged 238.2 mm, while Colaba in south Mumbai recorded 110.4 mm, and Mahalaxmi saw 72.5 mm. Between 5 am and 6 am Tuesday, areas like Mumbai Central, Parel, and Malabar Hill received 40 to 65 mm, exacerbating water-logging in low-lying areas such as Gandhi Market, Borivali, Andheri, Sion, Dadar, and Chembur.
The heavy downpour submerged roads, forcing the diversion of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) bus services and delaying local trains, critical to Mumbai’s daily commute. Civic officials reported that the western suburbs averaged 185.74 mm of rain, eastern suburbs 154.37 mm, and the island city 128.86 mm from Monday morning to Tuesday early morning. The intense rainfall, coupled with the IMD’s warning of continued showers, has left the city grappling with disrupted services and inundated infrastructure, highlighting the urgent need for effective urban flood management.
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