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Friday, 19 June 2015

Heavy rainfall paralyses Mumbai, no break likely for next 48 hours

 lynks     21:27     No comments   






The people of Mumbai have been advised to stay at home today as well after massive downpour on Friday submerged large parts of India’s financial capital and brought local train services to a grinding halt.

The weathermen predict heavy rain for the weekend as well, which means many Mumbaiites are likely to be stuck at home for two more days.



The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted intermittent rain or showers, where isolated spells of heavy to very heavy rainfall might occur for the next 48 hours in the city. VK Rajeev, IMD director, western region, said, “Like Friday, Mumbai, the Konkan and Goa are expected to receive heavy rainfall over the weekend.”

The IMD forecast and a likely high tide of 4.33m around 3.10pm on Saturday has prompted civic chief Ajoy Mehta to ask citizens to remain indoors.

The state is not willing to take a chance either, with education minister Vinod Tawde allowing schools to declare Saturday a holiday in case of heavy rain.

Suburban train services on CR and WR are likely to remain disrupted for a second consecutive day, even if the rainfall isn’t heavy. This is because there are several long distance trains stuck at various places. Railway officials said these trains will have to be given preference.


The monsoon fury comes about a month before Mumbai marks the tenth anniversary of the week when a combination of incessant rain, a freak storm and high tide inundated the city, killing hundreds of people and destroying property worth crores.

The situation was slightly better this time around, although not because authorities were better prepared, but as the rain was comparatively less – 283.4mm in the suburbs and 208.8mm in the island city. It was still the highest rainfall the city has received in 24 hours (between 8.30am on Thursday and 8.30am on Friday) in June in a decade.


According to an official of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) disaster management unit, a five-year-old boy and a 60-year-old woman died of electrocution in Wadala in central Mumbai.

Most city schools stayed shut on Friday on account of heavy rains. Schools can declare holiday on Saturday if heavy rains continue, state education minister, Vinod Tawde said.

Residents lashed out at the administration, questioning its claims of rain readiness after hundreds of crores were spent on water pumping stations and improving infrastructure.

“Mumbai Rains, not a shock to anyone around the world since the Big Bang except the #BMC...Who act like it’s the 1st time it pours every year,” tweeted actor Ashwin Mushran.

Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis reached the civic body’s disaster management room to take stock of the situation and reportedly asked officials to provide two-hourly updates.

Seasonal rains began in the city after the southwest monsoon hit India’s western coast last week.

The three suburban rail networks, considered the city’s lifeline, were badly affected with dozens of services suspended, as hundreds of commuters remained stuck for hours at train stations.

“I went back home from Andheri station, changed into different clothes and took out my bicycle,” said 30-year-old bank employee Kunal Sutar.

Flooded roads in low-lying areas disrupted vehicular movement, while authorities deployed more than 2,700 traffic police personnel amid chaotic scenes at parts like Matunga, Kurla, Parel and Dadar with trees collapsing and vehicles breaking down.

“Many of our men, including officers, are out since 7am. Traffic policemen have also been deployed on the city’s beaches taking note of the high-tide warning,” said assistant inspector Kanhaiya Shinde.

Wet airstrips, inconsistent runway visibility and subsequent bunching up of flight schedules slowed air traffic movement in and out of the Mumbai airport. While delays were negligible until the morning peak hour of 10 am, incessant rains made threw the flights out of schedule by the end of the day


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