Mumbai Rains Highlights: India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert in several areas in Mumbai. Borivali, Santacruz, Powai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Chembur are a few of the areas with an orange alert. Moderate to intense spell of rainfall is expected over these areas, says IMD.
According to the forecast issued by the Regional Meteorological Centre Mumbai, the city is likely to get Moderate to heavy rain in the city and suburbs with the possibility of very heavy rainfall at a few places.
If the rain continues for the rest of the month in Mumbai, the city could record its wettest July ever, considering that 1,468.5mm in 2014 has been the maximum for the month so far. In 2005, when tragic Mumbai floods had followed 944mm of rain in just 24 hours, the month had recorded 1,454.5mm.
Yesterday, at least 31 people were killed in separate incidents of house collapse and electrocution due to heavy rain in Mumbai on Sunday. In one instance, a residential building collapsed in Mumbai’s Vikhroli area in the wee hours of Sunday, killing three people, according to the BMC. Meanwhile, several people were killed after a wall collapsed on some shanties in Chembur’s Bharat Nagar area due to a landslide.
Taking stock of the situation, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday directed the agencies to remain more alert and asked authorities to keep a watch on landslide-prone areas and dilapidated buildings, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said in a statement. The CM said power companies should remain careful as high-tension towers are located in the vicinity of many residential areas. “Underground areas should also be cleared given that the water purification centre located in Bhandup in suburban Mumbai was flooded due to rains,” the release quoted the CM as saying.
Three people were killed after a few huts collapsed in Surya Nagar in Panchsheel Chawl in Vikhroli east. (Express Photo)
India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued severe weather warning over several areas in Maharashtra. IMD has issued an orange alert over Mumbai for the next few days, which indicates a probability of very heavy rainfall in the city.
However, it has issued a red alert over Raigad, Ratnagiri, Pune, Kolhapur and Satara indicating a high possibility of extremely heavy rainfall over these areas.
Regional Meteorological Centre, Mumbai said that an active rainfall belt has been seen over Konkan and Madhya Maharashtra. RMC Mumbai, in a tweet, said, moderate to intense rainfall has been witnessed over districts and ghat areas in and near Maharashtra.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a statement alerting the possibility of very high rainfall in Madhya Maharashtra in the next 24 hours. IMD also issued a red alert over Konkan and Goa indicating the probability of extremely high rainfall over the area.
Strong winds are likely to flow along and off Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa coasts, says India Meteorological Department (IMD) in a press release.
The press release also stated that very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is expected over Maharashtra on Wednesday.
Due to heavy rainfall, vaccination in all Thane centres has been shut for the day to avoid inconvenience to the citizens, tweeted Thane Municipal Corporation.
The tweet, in Marathi, further mentions that the centres will remain close until further instructions.
"An off-shore trough at mean sea level runs from Maharashtra coast to Karnataka coast. It is likely to persist during the next 3-4 days," states an India Meteorological Department (IMD) press release.
The water stock in the seven lakes that provide water to the city is at 480783 million litres of water or 33.22 per cent of the total capacity of 14,47,363 lakh million litres.
Mumbai draws water from Bhatsa, Middle Vaitarna, Upper Vaitarna, Tansa and Modak Sagar, which are in Thane and Nashik districts. Tulsi and Vihar are two lakes located within city limits in Sanjay Gandhi National Park. This year, after heavy rainfall in early June, rainfall in catchment areas of the lakes was very poor. Moderate to heavy rainfall has been recorded in all seven catchments in the last 24 hours. Out of the seven, Tulsi and Vihar overflowed on July 16 and 18.
If the rain continues for the rest of the month in Mumbai, the city could record its wettest July ever. In 2014, 1,468.5mm was recorded and that has been the maximum for the month so far. In 2005, when tragic Mumbai floods had followed 944mm of rain in just 24 hours, the month had recorded 1,454.5mm.
Since June 1 this year, IMD’s Santacruz observatory has recorded a total of 1,919.8 mm, which is also 87% of the season’s average rainfall. In this month alone, Mumbai has received 958.5 mm rain, surpassing its average normal rainfall for July. Out of the total, 50 per cent was recorded in two days— July 16 and 18.
The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Santacruz Colaba observatories recorded 38.4 mm and 35.4 mm rain. Both fall in the moderate category of rainfall.
Falling in the category of intense rain, during the same period, areas in Navi Mumbai — Vashi recorded 121 mm rain, Belapur and Nerul recorded 105 mm rain, Airoli 147 mm, Koparkhairane 168 mm and Thane district recorded 146 mm in the 24 hours ending at 8:30 am on Tuesday. Read More
In an annual ritual where State CM participates in the worship on Ashadi Ekadashi, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, wife Rashmi Thackeray, son Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray drove down Mumbai to Pandharpur to offer prayers. Due to bad weather conditions CM avoided helicopter travel.
The day marks the end of a month-long pilgrimage where lakhs of warkaris (devotees) across the State congregate in the temple town. However, due to the Covid pandemic this year, the pilgrimage was not allowed. The temple town was under curfew to avoid the crowd.
"Widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls very likely to continue over the west coast and adjoining interior areas during next 4-5 days," said India Meteorological Department (IMD).
India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert in several areas in Maharashtra. Thane, Khandala, Mahabaleshwar. Alibad are a few of the areas with an orange alert. Moderate to intense spell of rainfall is expected over these areas, says IMD.
Moderate to heavy rainfall is expected in the suburbs and there is a possibility of very heavy rainfall at a few places, says Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in a tweet. Read More
India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a notice, announcing extremely heavy rainfall is likely over Maharashtra, Konkan and Goa in the next two days.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in Maharashtra today, says IMD.
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 suburban train services were suspended in that section of the main line from 10.35 am to 10.50 am as a precautionary measure, he said.
"Trains are being run at a cautious speed between Kanjurmarg and Vikhroli stations due to heavy rain," Sutar said. The station yard in neighbouring Thane was also water-logged and as a result, trains were running slow, railway sources said. In the Kasara Ghat section, located about 130 km from Mumbai, a mudslide occurred on one of the three rail lines early Monday morning, Sutar said. (With PTI)
A day after heavy showers battered Mumbai, the rain intensity reduced briefly on Monday morning and picked up momentum again, leading to water-logging at some places and disrupting local train services, officials said. On Sunday, 30 people were killed in the metropolis in rain-related incidents, including 19 in Mahul area of Chembur where a retaining wall collapsed on some houses after a landslide.
On Monday, no fresh death was reported, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. However, after a brief spell of reduced intensity, the rains picked up pace again, causing inundation in some areas.
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.
Thackeray directed the agencies to remain more alert and asked authorities to keep a watch on landslide-prone areas and dilapidated buildings, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said in a statement. The chief minister reviewed the situation arising out of the heavy rains which pounded Mumbai and neighbouring areas overnight on Saturday, it said.
The CM said power companies should remain careful as high-tension towers are located in the vicinity of many residential areas. "Underground areas should also be cleared given that the water purification centre located in Bhandup in suburban Mumbai was flooded due to rains," the release quoted the CM as saying.
The chief minister also directed authorities to ensure that health workers in COVID-19 centres and field hospitals are kept on standby and steps be taken to ensure there is no spread of water-borne diseases. (PTI)
The total death toll in rain-related incidents in Mumbai has now risen to 31. As per the BMC Disaster Management Cell, 19 people died in the Chembur incident and 10 in Vikhroli landslide. Two other people were dead in separate incidents of electrocution and house collapse.
Power supply to some areas of Mumbai was affected due to heavy rains.
An Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited spokesperson said, “The heavy rainfall on Saturday night resulted in waterlogging in some areas of our distribution network and for safety reasons, AEML had to switch off the supply of our esteemed customers. As soon as water receded, our teams followed safety protocol and restored the supply. Our Central Disaster Control team is activated and working round the clock towards minimal supply disruption."
The spokesperson added, “The areas which were affected include Mira Road East, Bhayendra East /West, Saki Naka, Kandivali East, Malad East and Dahisar. The supply was disconnected around 2.30 am on Sunday morning and most of the supply was restored back by 1 pm. on Sunday afternoon.” (ENS)
The Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) office and residential quarters of at least five forest officers in the park were damaged after floodwater entered the premises following the torrential rain that hit Mumbai early Sunday morning.
SGNP director G Mallikarjun told The Indian Express that there was a sudden swell in the Dahisar river, which starts from the foothills of the SGNP, and five staff quarters were submerged in water.
“The staff came to my house around 2.30 am. We have shifted everyone to the guesthouse, which is located at a higher altitude. Most of these houses are currently covered with mud. We have lost some computers,” Mallikarjun said. Read full report by Yogesh Naik
The death toll in rain-related incidents in Mumbai, including the incidents of wall collapse and electrocution, has now risen to 25.
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray to chair a high-level meeting of officials through video conference at 6 pm today, in view of the situation following heavy rains in Mumbai: Chief Minister's Office (ANI)
Aditya Thackeray visits the locations hit by landslides to take stock of the situation.
As a result of the inclement weather, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) temporarily suspended flight operations between 12.42 am to 5.24 am on Sunday. During this time, a total of nine flights were diverted. Flight operations at CSMIA started again from 5.24 am. (ENS)
Two women stood on a wooden ladder in their shanty for over two hours out of the fear of getting electrocuted after a wall near their locality collapsed in Mumbai's Mahul area on Sunday following heavy rains.
Laxmi Jongankar (40) was inside her shanty when people outside started shouting about the wall collapse in the area.
She opened the window of her house and saw other shanties were destroyed. But she did not notice that the debris has entered her house also and damaged it.
“As people panicked and start shouting, I along with another woman relative stood on a wooden ladder in my shanty. After more than two hours, a man came to enquire about us and asked us to come out," she said.
The woman said she opened the door and managed to come out of the house with the help of a wooden stick. (PTI)
Heavy overnight rains in Mumbai has led to Vihar Lake overflowing on Sunday morning, a civic official said. A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation statement said Vihar Lake, with a storage capacity of 27,698 million litres, is the smallest of the water bodies that are part of the supply mechanism to the metropolis. The lake, built in 1859, supplies 90 million litres per day (MLD), the civic body informed. (PTI)
NDRF is taking help of sniffer dogs to locate people buried in mud at Bharat Nagar, Vashi Naka. At least two people are still inside the debris, say residents. The body of a 14-year-old girl has been found from under the debris at Vikhroli. (ENS)
With floodwaters having entered the Bhandup water purification complex adjoining the Sanjay Gandhi National Park following intense rainfall, normal water supply to the western suburbs and the island city area of Mumbai has been affected. Residents are likely to get supply with less pressure and there may also be turbidity in the water, officials said.
Water works department officials said that it will take three to eight hours to restart normal supply. Read full report by Yogesh Naik
The state government has announced an aid of Rs 5 lakh to the kin of those deceased in the landslides and house collapse at various places in Mumbai including Chemburs Vashi Naka and Vikhroli Park site.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said those injured will be treated free of cost at various hospitals.
The CM was taking inputs from the BMC control room since early morning. Thackerays son and suburban district guardian minister Aditya Thackeray visited the spot at Vashi naka’s Bharat nagar where more than 15 persons had died.
Former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya said that the slum mafia and contractors of the BMC are playing with the lives of people and this is a very sad thing.
The office of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) and the residential quarters of five forest officers were damaged by incessant rain in Mumbai that started Sunday morning.
“Following the rain, water from the Dahisar river started gushing into out premises. The quarters of five of our employees were completely submerged. They had rushed to my house at 2.30 am and have been temporarily shifted to the guesthouse. The entire area is covered in mud. Dahisar has recorded 190 mm of rainfall till now,” SGNP director G Mallikarjun told The Indian Express.
Anwar Ahmed, the former director of SGNP said a similar situation had happened in 2016 and 2019. “We had submitted a plan to construct new offices at a height, but somehow, the money was not sanctioned,” he added. Read the full report here.
Addressing the incident that took place in Chembur where a wall collapsed due to heavy rains, killing 17 people, Maharashtra Cabinet Minister and Anushakti Nagar MLA Nawab Malik said that people living in dangerous areas would immediately be shifted to permanent settlements. "BMC will investigate this incident," he told ANI.
Maharashtra Environment Minister Aditya Thackeray arrived in Chembur, where a wall collapsed due to heavy rains. At least 11 people were killed in the incident. (ANI)
Several areas across the city experienced water logging due to high intensity rains.
Over 35 streets and localities were inundated:
3-foot water at the low-lying Hindamata at Dadar
King Circle and Gandhi Market in Matunga
Wadala church
Shakkar Panchayat Chowk
Ambika Mill
Nair hospital in Mumbai Central
Sangam Nagar, Wadala
Madkebua Chowk
Sion Road number 24
Breach Candy
Marine Lines
Sheetal Cinema, Kurla West
Anjanabai Nagar, Chembur
Mankhurd Railway station
Sion Railway station
Kurla Railway station
Trombay bridge
Swastik Nagar
Shell Colony, Chembur
RCF, Chembur
Anushkati Nagar, Chembur
Kurla bus depot
Nehru Nagar
Kalpana Cinema, Kurla
Sanjay Gandhi National Park premises in Borivali
National College, Bandra
SV Road from Kandivali to Bandra
Andheri market
Andheri subway
Milan Subway
Dahisar Subway
Bandra Talkies
Veera Desai Road, Andheri west
Vakola Bridge
BEST Nagar, Goregaon.
Four separate incidents of walls collapsing were reported in the last 24 hours due to heavy rainfall in Thane. Apart from this, water logging was also reported in 18 different locations. (ENS)
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. The downpour has caused heavy flooding in low-lying areas of Chunabhatti, Sion, Dadar, and Gandhi Market, Chembur and Kurla LBS Road. Here are some glimpses of Nalasopara.
President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday condoled the loss of lives in Mumbai due to heavy rainfall. “Deeply saddened by the news of many casualties in incidents following heavy rain in Mumbai’s Chembur and Vikhroli areas,” he said.
"I express my condolences to the bereaved families and wish for successful relief and rescue work," he added.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been deployed across Mumbai to carry out rescue operations amidst heavy rains. Take a look.
Vihar lake, which supplies drinking water to residents of Mumbai, starts to overflow following heavy rainfall in the city.
Amidst incessant heavy showers, water supply in Mumbai took a hit on Sunday after flood water accumulated at BMC's Bhandup treatment plant. As a precautionary measure, the civic body has announced that it is shutting down all pumps in the city. (ENS)
Local train services in Mumbai have been affected on Central Main Line and Harbour Line due to incessant rainfall. 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.