Mumbaikars continue to face problems due to heavy rains in the city, causing severe water-logging and delays in local trains on the Central Railways.
Raigad district seems the worst-affected by the rain fury where 47 people lost their lives, including 37 in the landslide at Taliye village on Thursday, according to the state disaster management department.
Rains continued to lash parts of Kolhapur, due to which the Panchganga river in the district is flowing above the danger mark, official said.
The national forecasting agency India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued red and orange alerts for several regions in the state that are set to receive heavy rainfall in the next three days.
Incidents of water-logging leaving people stranded were also reported from Mumbra, Bhiwandi, Titwala and Kasara areas of Thane district.
Navi Mumbai and Thane have been put on Orange alert, while Mumbai has been put on Yellow alert.
Mumbai Raina Alert: Mumbai and its neighbouring districts of Thane, Palghar and Raigad have been witnessing heavy rains since the last couple of days. The torrential rains over the weekend claimed 30 lives in the metropolis.
Four college girls bunk their classes and plan for an impromptu picnic at Kharghar in Navi Mumbai. Amid heavy rainfall in the city from Friday night, the girls drowned away in the raging Pandavkada waterfall in the Kharghar town on Saturday. The incident occurred around 11 a.m. on Saturday when got carried away by the gush of water from the hilltop.
Mahalaxmi Express has been held up between Badlapur and Vangani near Mumbai due to incessant rains on Saturday morning with around 700 passengers on board, DRM Central Railways said. Navy chopper and NDRF have been deployed rescue boats are deployed for the rescue operation.
The heavy downpour since midnight caused water-logging in low-lying areas of Sion, Dadar, Mumbai Central, Kurla, Andheri and Sakinaka, slowing down vehicular movement on roads, the BMC official said. Nearly 171mm rainfall was recorded at the India Meteorological Department observatory at Colaba in south Mumbai between 8.30am on Tuesday and 5.30am on Wednesday, an IMD official said.
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