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Parts of Kurla near the Mithi River and Santa Cruz Chembur Link Road
witnessed severe waterlogging for hours. Motorists had to drive through
waterlogged roads in Dadar TT, Parel Junction and Mahim. The situation
was worst in parts of western suburbs.
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The traffic police have made arrangements to ensure smooth traffic,
especially during peak hours, in case of heavy rainfalls. Personnel of the
department have been instructed to be prepared in case of a waterlogging
owing to mega projects such as Metro construction as more than 2,000
constables and 750 wardens were ordered to be out on the roads on
Monday. They have also made arrangement on the Western Express
Highway, SV Road and Link Road in the western suburbs to ensure
smooth flow of traffic.
From June 1 to June 24, Colaba station received 595. mm of rains and
Santa Cruz station, which is representative of Mumbai, recorded 455.5mm.
The Met department has set 523.1mm as the average rainfall that Mumbai
usually records in June.
Thane
The heavy rainfall also affected several areas in Thane, which recorded
229.81mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours. There has been a rainfall of
849.81mm since the last two days as compared to 488.00mm last year
during the same period.
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was reported on Monday from Raunak Park Society opposite Manomay
building. “A 65-feet compound wall collapsed during morning hours on
three vehicles damaging a two-wheeler and two four wheelers.
The Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) and fire brigade were on
site with one emergency tender and a rescue vehicle. No casualty was
reported,” Santosh Kadam, in-charge of RDMC, said. Railway officials said
local trains between Thane-Karjat-Kasara were delayed by 15-20 minutes.
(With agency inputs)
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July 3 Tuesday
Normal life was thrown out of gear as persistent rains battered the city and
adjoining areas since Tuesday morning, crippling the Western Railway’s
local train services and causing multiple flight diversions. Five people have
been injured, two of them seriously, after a road overbridge in Mumbai’s
suburban Andheri area collapsed. The meteorological department has
forecast heavy rains in Mumbai and adjoining areas in the next 24 hours.
The Gokhale road overbridge, built in 1971, collapsed near the eastern side
of the railway station this morning due to heavy rains. It halted the local
train services and affected some long-distance trains that caused huge
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inconvenience to the commuters, said Brihamumbai Municipal Corporation
(BMC) officials.
Railways Minister Piyush Goyal visited the accident site in the afternoon
and ordered an inquiry by the Commissioner of Rail Safety whose report
would have to be submitted within 15 days. Expressing regret over the
accident, he said it was “very unfortunate” and “most unexpected”. He said
around 700 employees of the railways, helped by some experts from Delhi
and Lucknow, were working on the restoration work and the train services
will be resumed completely by tonight.
*The minister said the last safety audit of Andheri bridge was carried out in
November last year and nothing wrong had been found in that. Goyal said
that during the next six months, a joint safety audit will be conducted by the
railways, the BMC and IIT at the 445 road overbridges, foot overbridges
and bridges over the pipelines in Mumbai as part of efforts to improve
safety for the commuters.
*On a brighter side, the heavy rainfall filled up reservoirs that supply water
to the Mumbai city, the BMC said.
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10th July 2018
Mumbai is struggling in non-stop rain that has stalled trains and slowed
traffic to a crawl in places that have been flooded. Some trains have been
cancelled while others are running late by 10 to 15 minutes as tracks are
waterlogged after heavy overnight rain. With the meteorological department
predicting more rain, the city's iconic 'Dabbawala' or lunch box carriers
have cancelled services for today. On Monday, Mumbai received five times
the average rainfall for this season. The Met department has predicted
heavy to very heavy rain till [12th ], Thursday.
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Here are the updates in this big story:
Suburban trains services between Vasai and Virar near Mumbai have been
suspended due to accumulation of rain water on the rail tracks, Western
Railways said. Local train services between south Mumbai's busy
Churchgate station and Vasai are delayed. A railways official said that
services between Churchgate and Borivili are normal. The Central
Railway's suburban services are running normally at all its corridors despite
the heavy rain overnight.
"We did not collect the tiffins today, because of the water-logging across
the city. Our people find hard to wade through their cycle in knee-deep
water," Mumbai Dabbawalas Association's spokesperson Subhash Talekar
said.
Heavy rain with strong winds are being reported from several parts of the
city this morning. Extremely heavy rainfall is likely in parts of Greater
Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar between today and Friday, the
weather department said this morning.
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Visibility at the Mumbai airport was "not very good" but flights were
operating according to schedule on Monday, an Met official said. Jet
Airways said they will not be charging a penalty fee today for date and flight
changes for travelers who've booked their tickets to and from Mumbai.
The city received 54 per cent of its average monsoon season rainfall just in
the last 20 day, the city's civic body noted.
Private weather foresting agency Skymet said the rainfall may cross 150
mm in the next 24 hours.
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Bengaluru: Heavy rain pummeled different parts of
Karnataka on Sunday.
[8 JULY] Showers lashed different parts of Belagavi district. Besides
Belagavi city, mild rain lashed Gokak, Athani, Harugere and other areas.
Heavy rains were recorded in Western Ghats section of Khanapur taluk,
Malaprabha, Pandari and Mahadayi rivers have swelled. Kankumbi region
received a record 9.3 cm of rain. Traffic on Belagavi Panaji highway was
affected.
With showers continuing to lash Kodagu district, the water level in rivers
Keerehole, Cauvery and Lakmanathirtha have increased drastically.
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Mumbai deluge: Will anything change?
(11TH JULY-2018)
Tonight on Live Stream, we focus on the Mumbai deluge and how this
latest spell of heavy rain has once again brought Mumbai to its knees.
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10-7-2018 Tuesday
The death toll in rain related incidents in the region since Friday
evening in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) has shot up to six. In
the last four days, many of the suburban areas of Palghar, thane and
Raigad districts- which are part of MMR – recorded 600 to 700 mm plus
rainfall –creating a traffic mess and causing inconvenience to people.
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Nearly 400 villagers and salt pan workers were stranded near the Vasai
Road station, nearly 52 km from downtown Mumbai. There was water all
over in localities like Evershine City, Achole Road, Nalasopara station,
Virar and other places.
There was knee deep water in several places right from Thane city, Kalwa
to Kalyan and Ambernath.
The catchment areas, lakes, forests and ghats in the MMR received good
rain. This has resulted in one of the lakes, the Tulsi lake, that provides
potable water to Mumbai to overflow from Monday morning.
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