Mumbai rains: Heavy showers cause water-logging in low-lying areas

After overnight showers Mumbai and its suburbs woke up to heavy rain on Friday which caused waterlogging in many lowlying areas and affected road traffic movement Due to waterlogging traffic has been diverted in Parel Hindmata Gol Deul and Sion Flooding was also reported in Cuffe Parade Bhulabhai Desai Road Worli Dadar Chira Bazaar Masjid Bunder and surroundingsIn the suburbs waterlogging was reported in Andheri forcing closure of the subway and vehicle movement had slowed down in Borivali Malad and Jogeshwari areasHeavy Rains witnessed in Navi Mumbai Twitter user salishatalwar shared this visual from her locationUse MumbaiRainsWithMidday and share with rain updates from your locality and we will retweet them MumbaiRains RainUpdate httpstcocyrOLZ1QjBmdash Mid Day mid_day July 3 2020Heavy showers often accompanied by thunder were witnessed in Mumbai and the suburbs besides Thane Palghar Raigad Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districtsMost parts of south Mumbai received between 4 to 6cm of rain resulting in waterlogging at some spots and hindering traffic flow said the BMC Disaster ControlDue to heavy rains a tree was uprooted at Nilgiri Garden in Bandra West A resident lodged a complaint about it with the disaster control room following which the municipality staff reached the location and cut the treeA tree was uprooted at Nilgiri Garden in Bandra WestThough Mulund Bhandup and Powai also received good rain there were no reports of any disruptions of normal life so farIndian Meteorological Department IMD has forecast heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places for Friday and Saturday for Mumbai Palghar and Thane A red alert warning has also been issued for Raigad with extremely heavy rain for Saturday Rainfall is likely to increase on the west coast of Maharashtra and interior of Maharashtra till July 5IMD has issued an orange alert very heavy rain for Mumbai for Friday and Saturday and yellow alert heavy rain on Sunday ldquoAn orange alert has been issued for Friday and Saturday for areas that are likely to witness heavy showers and citizens and authorities in these places will have to stay vigilantrdquo an IMD official had saidMumbaiRains Water logging at Null Bazaar near Gol Deval Temple in South Mumbai ethAcircu00c2u009fAcircu00c2u008eyen middayshadab MumbaiRain MumbaiRainsWithMidday pictwittercomLSEoKLeLrQmdash Mid Day mid_day July 3 2020An orange alert means that the authorities must be prepared to handle any situation arising out of severe weather conditionsMumbai Police also tweeted a warning for heavy rains the city is likely to witness and advised people to stay indoors and take necessary precautionsHeavyRainfallAlertThe Indiametdept has forecasted heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places for Fri amp Sat for Mumbai All citizens are advised to remain indoors not venture out unnecessarily and take necessary precautionsMumbaiRainsmdash Mumbai Police MumbaiPolice July 2 2020As heavy rains lashed the city Mumbaikars took to Twitter to share photos and videos of the heavy downpourSince 6am hasnt stopped for a second MumbaiRains pictwittercomkSJ2kkV1etmdash Rolee Kachru Rolee_Kachru July 3 2020MumbaiRains Hindmata areaas usual After gobbling up crores of taxpayers money in socalled upgrade of stormwater drainage system mybmc pictwittercomZyqjt3souUmdash Sid Vaach Sidharth_vaach July 3 2020MumbaiRains Raining heavily in MumbaiMissing those days of imagica type joy rides on water logged roads amp trains turned into water boats Jane Kaha Gaye Woh din pictwittercomvlIzvPYyppmdash Tanmay VSethAcircAcircu00c2u009fAcircAcircu00c2u008cAcircAcircu00c2u0088ethAcircAcircu00c2u009fAcircAcircu00c2u008cacute tanmay_shinde99 July 3 2020Every year Mumbai faces the wrath of monsoon as major roads and localities get inundated bringing normal life to a standstillWith inputs from IANSCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news