Shiv Kumar
Tribune News Service
Mumbai, July 1
Extremely heavy rainfall for the third consecutive day today threw life out of gear in Mumbai, leaving road, railways and air transport badly affected.
According to police and fire officials, one person died after being electrocuted in Govandi in the suburbs. Tree falls and wall collapses rendered many people homeless.
Mumbai’s famed BEST buses and ‘local’ train services collapsed in many places in the morning as roads and rail tracks were flooded.
Outstation trains, including the Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express, connecting Mumbai to Delhi were delayed after tracks were flooded at Palghar on the outskirts of Mumbai, railway officials said.
In downtown Mumbai, train services between Churchgate and Marine Lines station were disrupted in the day after some construction material collapsed on the tracks below. However, services were restored by afternoon.
Low-lying areas in the city were flooded and people were seen wading through chest-deep water at many places. Pictures and videos shared on social media showed people being stranded at several places seeking help from flood waters.
Across the city, schools declared a holiday and offices reported thin attendance as people chose to stay home.
Mumbai’s Municipal Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi said Mumbai received 540 millimetres of rainfall in two days, the highest in a decade. With 100 mm rain, Palghar recorded the highest rainfall between 4 and 5 am today.
Both the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the private Skymet weather station have predicted heavy-to-very-heavy showers across Maharashtra over the next few days. Skymet warned that heavy rains coupled with neap tide on Wednesday and Friday could result in severe flooding in Mumbai. It further added that the city could receive as much as 200 mm of rain on these two days. By late afternoon, train services on the suburban sections were partially restored.
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