Streets, tracks flooded as monsoon hits Mumbai

Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs on Wednesday, resulting in disruption in native practice providers, as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) introduced the onset of the southwest monsoon in Maharashtra.

As forecast by the IMD final week, all components of Mumbai skilled heavy to very heavy rainfall. The Regional Meteorological Centre has forecast comparable climate for the subsequent 5 days within the coastal components of Maharashtra, whereas an orange alert has been issued in Mumbai for the subsequent 4 days.

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mumbai obtained 181.01 mm of rainfall within the 12 hours from 5 a.m. to five p.m. on Wednesday. According to the info, town space obtained 137.82 mm of rainfall, whereas its western and japanese suburbs obtained 190.78 mm and 214.44 mm of rainfall respectively.

Incessant rain led to water-logging at Hindmata Junction in central Mumbai, King’s Circle, Sion, Andheri subway, Khar subway, BPT Colony, Sardar Hotel Junction, Shanmukhananda Hall space, Nair hospital space, Wadala Library Junction, Mankhurd railway station and some different low-lying components of town. Six incidents of wall collapse had been recorded, however no accidents had been reported.

197 pumps deployed

As per the BMC, the rainfall’s depth was the best between 8 a.m. and three p.m. Nine centres within the metropolis recorded greater than 200 mm of rainfall until 3 p.m. P. Velrasu, BMC Additional Municipal Commissioner, mentioned, “Heavy rainfall coincided with the high tide. As a result, water couldn’t be drained through drainage lines. A total of 197 pumps were used between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to drain water.”

The Central Railway suspended native practice providers on the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) to Thane most important line at 9.55 a.m. owing to flooding in Kurla and different areas. Similarly, practice site visitors was suspended on the CSMT-Mankhurd Harbour Line after the water stage rose above 4 inches on account of heavy rainfall and excessive tide. Train providers on the sluggish monitor had been restored at 8 p.m.

Passengers are stranded at Sion station after water-logging on tracks led to the suspension of practice providers between Kurla and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus on Wednesday.
 
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The Railways mentioned it was working in coordination with the BMC to revive providers. “High tide at 11.43 a.m. combined with high rainfall led to flooding in the city and on railway tracks. All railway pumps at Chunabhatti, Sion and Kurla are working to pump out water from the tracks,” the Central Railway mentioned. Several long-distance trains had been rescheduled. Local practice providers on all strains had been restored by 9 p.m.

Though rainfall subsided after 6 p.m., the IMD introduced that heavy to very heavy rainfall was anticipated over the subsequent 5 days on account of strengthening of westerly winds alongside the coast as a result of presence of a low stress space over the ocean.

CM displays BMC’s flood mitigation efforts

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday visited the catastrophe management room of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to observe its flood mitigation efforts.

Mr. Thackeray additionally spoke to the management rooms in Mumbai and the Collectors of Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and Palghar districts.

Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar, who visited the inundated Hindmata Junction, together with BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal, mentioned, “No one has claimed that there will be no water-logging in Mumbai. Nobody can make such a claim. But if the water does not drain within four hours, only then can we say that the BMC has not done its work properly.”

However, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Ashish Shelar claimed that the BMC’s “cut-commission mode” of functioning had derailed pre-monsoon preparations within the metropolis. “The BMC only makes claims of removing silt from nullahs, culverts, sewers and open drains. But it gets exposed every year. The BMC is involved in corruption of ₹1,000 crore over the last five years in the name of cleaning nullahs,” Mr. Shelar mentioned.