Mumbai Rains: Heavy downpour lashes city; Red alert in 5 Maharashtra districts
India | July 21, 2021 11:41 ISTNavi Mumbai and Thane have been put on Orange alert, while Mumbai has been put on Yellow alert.
Navi Mumbai and Thane have been put on Orange alert, while Mumbai has been put on Yellow alert.
It also issued an orange alert for Mumbai between Wednesday and Friday, indicating possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall.
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.
A 10-year old boy's body was recovered in Mumbai who had swept away in the city's Mira Road area due to heavy rains.
Due to heavy downpour in the western suburbs since Saturday night, rainwater entered inside the civic body's parking lot run by a private contractor. As a result two, three and four-wheeler vehicles parked in the sprawling area have got submerged.
Local train services of the Central Railway were affected due to water-logging on tracks between Vikhroli and Bhandup following heavy showers in parts of the suburbs, CR's chief spokesperson Shivaji Sutar said.
The IMD has forecast a severe wet spell for the next couple of days and issued an orange alert for Mumbai and the Konkan coast for the next five days.
Incessant overnight rains threw parts of Mumbai out of gear on Sunday with the city witnessing severe waterlogging, disruption of local train services and vehicular traffic.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday took stock of the preparedness by various government agencies to tackle any emergency with the IMD forecasting a severe wet spell for the next couple of days and issuing orange alert for Mumbai and the Konkan coast.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday met with officials after 26 people were killed in separate incidents of landslides in Mumbai as the city witnessed frightening rains. Incessant heavy downpour overnight during a major thunderstorm pummeled Mumbai, causing severe waterlogging and traffic disruptions in the financial capital starting late Saturday.
At least 16 people have died, and several were injured after a wall collapsed on some shanties in the Bharat Nagar area of the Chembur district. Many people are feared trapped under the debris.
While the pumping mechanism would be restored in a few hours, much more time will be taken to get the filtration process up and running, the official said, adding that boiling water before drinking was the best precaution at the moment.
Overnight rains pounded Mumbai and nearby areas, with the city witnessing severe water logging, disruption of local train services and vehicular traffic along with power cuts and water cuts.
Laxmi Jongankar (40) was inside her shanty when people outside started shouting about the wall collapse in the area.
Several people died in house collapses triggered by landslides as incessant overnight rains pounded Mumbai and nearby areas, with the city witnessing severe waterlogging.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed his grief over the loss of lives in Mumbai and one of its suburbs earlier in the day due to a series of landslides, triggered by heavy rains. A number of houses collapsed leading to the deaths of at least 24 people while several others remain injured.
Prime Minister's Office (PMO) announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh each for families of the deceased in Mumbai's wall collapse incidents.
At least 15 people were killed in two incidents of wall collapse in Mumbai amid heavy rains on Sunday. At least 12 people were killed after a wall collapsed on some shanties in Chembur's Bharat Nagar area in Mumbai due to a landslide.
This 24-hour period rainfall was recorded by India Meteorological Department’s Santacruz observatory in the state capital.
Due to heavy rains and waterlogging the railway tracks were seen waterlogged and on the slow line near Kurla-Vidyavihar, trains are running 20-25 minutes late.
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