Mumbai Rains Updates: Monsoon Reaches 17 Days Early Amid Red Alert; Road, Rail Traffic Hit

Sector 15 Belapur successful Navi Mumbai faces terrible flooding owed to a non-functional pump location and clogged drains, worsening waterlogging in the area.

Water level successful Mithi River rises importantly pursuing dense rainfall, triggering flood concerns successful low-lying areas. Authorities are monitoring the concern closely.

Main Line: 20 services were short-terminated astatine Dadar / Parel.

Harbour Line: 30 services were cancelled owed to the suspension of postulation betwixt 10:30 americium and 11:30 americium betwixt Vadala Road and CSMT. Around 8 message Express Trains were delayed for astir 2 hours due to the fact that of the rain.

Now the trains are moving usually though delayed successful presumption of the accrued rains aft 3.00 p.m. and IMD has issued Red Alert for adjacent fewer hours.

Shiv Sena (UBT) person Aditya Thackeray lambasts the BJP-led BMC, citing Mumbai’s flooding woes arsenic impervious of ‘absolute lack of governance’ successful Maharashtra.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is intimately monitoring the dense rainfall concern crossed Maharashtra. He has directed the full medication to stay alert and instructed contiguous appraisal (panchanamas) successful affected areas. He is successful changeless interaction with the Chief Secretary and the State Disaster Management Cell.

IMD forecasts much rainfall with thunder and gusty winds successful Mumbai for the adjacent 24 hours.

Due to the abrupt and aggravated rainfall today, h2o seepage was reported astatine the under-construction entry/exit operation of Acharya Atrey Chowk station, located on Dr. Annie Besant Road. The incidental occurred erstwhile the RCC water-retaining partition constructed astatine entry/ exit collapsed owed to a abrupt ingress of h2o from an adjoining utility.

The presumption has been closed for now.

Addressing the disruptions caused by dense rainfall successful Maharashtra connected Monday, Deputy CM Eknath Shinde said, “Our purpose is nary casualties. We are connected alert mode.”

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde admitted connected Monday that h2o pumps were not operational astatine a fewer locations successful Mumbai during the dense rainfall but assured that each pumps are present functioning astatine afloat capacity.

Addressing waterlogging issues astatine Aqua Line metro stations, helium said, “Water entered immoderate stations done rider introduction points. While enactment was already underway, we volition present expedite it astatine each Aqua Line stations to forestall recurrence.”

He added that 420 heavy-duty pumps person been deployed crossed Mumbai to drain h2o from low-lying areas, reinforcing the administration’s committedness to managing the monsoon interaction effectively.

The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) had to suspend the cognition aft flooding was reported astatine the underground Acharya Atre Chowk station.

The MMRC, successful a statement, said, “Due to the abrupt and aggravated rainfall today, h2o seepage was reported astatine the under-construction entry/exit operation of Acharya Atrey Chowk presumption on Dr Annie Besant Road. The incidental occurred erstwhile the RCC water-retaining partition constructed astatine entry/ exit collapsed owed to a abrupt ingress of h2o from an adjoining utility.”

As a precautionary measurement and to guarantee rider safety, bid services betwixt Worli and Acharya Atrey Chowk person been temporarily suspended, the bureau said.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde connected Monday said that the concern successful Mumbai is nether control.

“We had taken a coordination gathering of each stakeholders past week; each authorities are connected alert mode,” helium added.

Heavy rainfall continued to lash Karnataka adjacent connected Monday with the IMD Issuing a reddish alert. Major incidents of waterlogging were reported from Kottara junction, Malemar, Mahaveera ellipse successful Mangaluru city, portion smaller inundation person been reported from Urva, Matadakani, Kudroli, Kodialbail(west) successful the city.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar visited Baramati tehsil successful Pune territory connected Monday to instrumentality banal of the rains, which helium said were “unprecedented” for May.

“The mean rainfall of these 3 tehsils was astir 14 inches for the full monsoon play but yesterday, successful Shetfalgadhe successful Indapur tehsil, 13 inches rainfall was recorded successful a fewer hours. The havoc was owed to specified dense rains and past a breach astatine Nira canal adjacent Nimtek successful Baramati tehsil. The IMD has issued a reddish alert for this portion connected May 28,” said Pawar.

Maharashtra Water Resources and Disaster Management Minister Girish Mahajan said, “Mumbai has received a batch of rainfall today. Traffic remains mostly mean successful the city. There is waterlogging successful the Hindmata area. The BMC squad is moving successful the area. People should stay connected alert arsenic dense rainfall is expected betwixt 4pm today. There is simply a squad of a NDRF squad contiguous successful Mumbai. Recently, the CM held a gathering with the Disaster Management Dept and different agencies. A reddish alert has been issued for Mumbai today

As dense rainfall lashed parts of Maharashtra connected Monday, respective commuters going towards Mumbai from Thane by section trains faced difficulties. Notably, bid operations were deed arsenic downpour waterlogged railway tracks.

“For the past hour, the bid has been halted here. If the trains get cancelled aft the archetypal downpour, however volition we scope the office? The medication should guarantee creaseless bid operations,” 1 commuter told ANI.

“It has not rained truthful overmuch successful Mumbai that trains request to beryllium cancelled,” added the commuter.

Several underground metro stations successful Mumbai were waterlogged owed to dense rain. Commuters faced issues owed to the waterlogging.

Amid dense rainfall successful the city, the Mumbai constabulary asked the citizens to debar going to coastal and low-lying areas.

“In presumption of continuous rain, citizens are requested to debar going to coastal and low-lying areas. @MumbaiPolice officials & unit are alert and acceptable to assistance Mumbaikars. Dial 100 / 112 / 103 successful lawsuit of immoderate emergency,” said the advisory.

Visuals from Prabhadevi presumption showed railway tracks massively waterlogged. People were seen walking connected the roads.

Nariman Point Fire Station: 252 mm

Ward A Office: 216 mm

BMC Headquarters: 214 mm

Colaba Pumping Station: 207 mm

Eye Hospital, Do Tanki: 202 mm

Ward C Office (Chandanwadi, Marine Lines): 180 mm

Memonwada Fire Station: 183 mm

Britannia Pumping Station, Worli: 171 mm

Nariyalwadi School, Santacruz: 103 mm

Supari Tank, Bandra: 101 mm

Collector’s Colony, Chembur: 82 mm

Ward L Office, Kurla: 76 mm

Due to the closure of the roadworthy betwixt Kemps Corner and Mukesh Chowk, upward-bound BEST buses connected routes 104, 121, 122, 132, and 135 volition beryllium diverted from 10:30 AM. The diverted way volition walk done Pedder Road, Cadbury Junction, and Bhulabhai Desai Road to scope J. Mehta Road. Commuters are advised to program accordingly.

High tide of 4.75 meters recorded astatine 11:24 a.m. adjacent Gateway of India amid dense rain. Police person been deployed successful the country for security.

Monsoon arrived successful Mumbai connected Monday, 17 days early. Let’s instrumentality a look the aboriginal onset of monsoon successful Mumbai implicit the past fewer years:

1956: 29 May

1962: 29 May

1971: 29 May

1990: 31 May

2006: 31 May

A video shared by an X idiosyncratic showed a BMC unit subordinate sweeping the roadworthy amid dense rain. Notably, respective roads person been waterlogged successful the city.

Strong winds deed the Kerala-Tamil Nadu borderline connected Monday amid adverse upwind successful the confederate states.

Shiv Sena person Aditya Thackeray connected Monday took a swipe astatine the BJP authorities implicit waterlogging successful the metropolis crossed respective areas.

“This is immensely achy to see. This country was made h2o logging escaped by america 4 years ago. Today, due to the fact that the bjp controlled @mybmc did not initiate the SoPs for the monsoons, it is h2o logged again,” said Thackeray sharing a video of waterlogged roadworthy successful Dadar.

As rainfall continued to lash Mumbai, the roads adjacent Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus were seen waterlogged.

Commuters were seen wading done waterlogged roads arsenic rainfall lashed Navi Mumbai.

IMD has issued advisory for locals arsenic Mumbai is reeling nether waterlogging.

– Check for postulation congestion connected your way earlier leaving for your destination.

– Unplug electrical/ physics appliances.

– Follow immoderate postulation advisories that are issued successful this regard.

– Avoid moving successful unfastened areas and fields portion thunderstorms are taking place.

– Keep distant from each the objects that behaviour electricity.

– Avoid taking structure nether gangly trees and structures erstwhile a thunderstorm is occurring.

Several videos and images shared connected X showed roads of Bengaluru waterlogged. The IMD has predicted dense rainfall for today.

A schoolhouse autobus was seen fractional submerged successful a representation shared by an X user. The rainfall successful Mumbai has massively affected the lives of people.