High tide, flooding pile on to misery; yellow alert for the city today

With incessant rain lashing the city on Saturday and Sunday there was inevitable waterlogging in low lying areas across Mumbai Hindmata TT Junction Kings Circle and Dharavi were submerged and flooding was seen in Veera Desai Amboli Andheri Subway Goregaon Aarey Colony The India Meteorological Department IMD has given a Yellow alert for Monday as the city is expected to receive light to moderate rainfall According to IMD because of the continuous rainfall over the weekend Mumbai recorded its secondhighest 24hour rain in the month of July in the last five yearsA yellow alert is the least severe warning but means the weather is likely to have some impact llike travel disruptionAccording to a tweet by KS Hosalikar deputy directorgeneral of IMDs western region on Sunday Mumbai recorded 70100 mm rainfall in last 6 hours since morning 830 am July 5 But its intensity slightly reduced in last 3 hoursWaterlogging at Kalachowki PicAshish RajeSeveral parts of the city such as Hindmata TT Junction King Circle and Dharavi were submerged in water As a precautionary measure BMC had deployed personnel for public safety electric motors were used to pump out the waterWaterlogging was also witnessed in Western Suburbs at Veera Desai Amboli Andheri Subway Goregaon Aarey Colony Moreover in order to avoid their cars from getting jammed in water residents near the SCLR Bridge in Kurla preferred parking their vehicles on the flyover As a precautionary measure BMC had deployed personnel for public safety electric motors were used to pump out the waterSpeaking to midday Kushal Dhuri a resident of Veera Desai road said Every year we have the issue of waterlogging on the road connecting Veera Desai to Jogeshwari But till date there has been no solution to this From Saturday night there was waterlogging on the road The authorities should take serious measure to solve the issue or at least have pumps installed to clear the water from the roadVipul Mane a resident of Dindoshi area said We have been paying tax to the government and in return we expect better roads and facilities On Saturday evening and Sunday morning the residents using the WEHOberoi mall junction faced a lot of inconvenience as the road was flooded with water levels up to two feetDue to the heavy rainfall and the choppy sea people staying in shanties close to Bandra Bandstand faced a problem as water entered their houses A video of water from there sea entering the narrow lanes in between the shanties has also gone viral on social media70100 mmAmount of rain city recorded in 3 hours on Sunday morningFlamingoes spotted at Prabhadevi beachPicSunil NayakMumbais Shivaji Park beach near Prabhadevi witnessed a huge flock of flamingos on Sunday The migratory birds were spotted during low tide Nature lovers and residents staying in the area were surprised to see the pink flamingos were in for a surprise as it is said that this is the very first time the birds have been spotted at this beachPothole ridden roads in AareyLocals fear the roads will turn worse if it continues to rainThe continuous rainfall and waterlogging have deteriorated the road conditions in Aarey Colony Locals fear that if the city continues to receive the same amount of rain for the next 12 days the situation of the road may go bad to worstDuring middays visit we witnessed the entire internal road towards Royal Palms full of potholes Ranjit Pandey a resident of Goregaon East said Within two days of rain the roads are in pathetic condition These potholes are not less than a graveyard for the commuters and with roads submerged in water the potholes arent visible which can result in mishapsN Muthukumar a resident of Aarey said The internal roads at Aarey Colony were repaired just before the lockdown started And even though there wasnt much vehicular movement in the last three months the roads couldnt sustain two days of rainfallCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and a complete guide from food to things to do and events across Mumbai 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