Several places in Mumbai received heavy rain on Wednesday as Southwest Monsoon arrived one day ahead of its normal date. (Express photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)Mumbai Rains Live Updates: Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs on Wednesday, leading to traffic snarls and severe waterlogging that left roads, subways, suburban rail tracks and entire neighbourhoods inundated. The southwest monsoon arrived in the city with a bang, while the MeT department issued an alert for more downpour. The southwest monsoon has arrived two days ahead of its normal date.
Meanwhile, a red alert was sounded in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, where extremely heavy showers are likely to continue till Friday. Since there is a risk of landslides due to heavy rains, 1,139 people from 20 villages have been shifted to safer places, PTI reported.
In view of the IMD’s warning about heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in the Konkan region of Maharashtra between June 11 and 15, the state government on Wednesday requested the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to send 12 teams to five coastal districts. The State Disaster Management Authority of the state government requested the Commandant of the NDRF to depute the teams in Thane, Raigad, Palghar, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts by June 10 afternoon.
The India Meteorogical Department issued a red alert for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, and Raigad, which signifies a possibility of ‘Very heavy to extremely heavy rain at isolated places’.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mumbai recorded 222.2 mm rain in a span of 12 hours — 44 per cent of the monthly average rainfall in June (505 mm). It said the city will continue to receive extremely heavy rain spells — more than 200 mm in 24 hours — till June 13. The record for the highest 24-hour spell for the month is 399 mm on June 9, 1991.
With the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) once again caught on the wrong foot, despite several assurances, officials decided to shut the key Andheri subway, which was among the first to get inundated, for four months across the entire season.
People hold umbrella while crossing a road during rain at CST, in Mumbai, Tuesday, June 8, 2021. (PTI Photo)
Due to low visibility, flight operations at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport were suspended between 16:04-16:32 hours today as a precaution. The airport witnessed two go-arounds and one diversion to Ahmedabad. Operations have resumed and continue to proceed as per schedule.
Twelve people have been reported dead, including 8 children, as a building collapses in Mumbai’s Malad area. The structure fell down after Mumbai was battered with heavy rainfall throughout the day. The collapsed structure is located inside New Collector’s compound in Malad West.
Maharashtra government announces ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to kin of those who lost their lives in house collapse incident in Mumbai’s Malwani area. ---PTI
A red alert has been sounded in Raigad district of Maharashtra, warning of heavy to extremely rainfall till Friday, prompting the district administration to shift over 1,000 people from 20 villages to safer places.
The district received an average rainfall of 58 mm in the last 24 hours, Collector Nidhi Choudhary said in a release. She said in view of the prediction of heavy downpour, a red alert has been issued in the district for Thursday and Friday and an orange alert for June 12 and 13.
Since there is a risk of landslides due to heavy rains, 1,139 people from 20 villages have been shifted to safer places, she said. (PTI)
Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar said that the culprits behind the collapse of the residential building in Mumbai's Malad area should take responsibility. "More than looking into whose administration was there, it should be seen that who was responsible for it. Had everyone been responsible, it wouldn't have happened," she told ANI.
Fifteen National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been positioned in various parts of Maharashtra in view of the prediction of heavy rains in certain parts of the state, the force chief said on Thursday.
Four teams have been based in Ratnagiri, two each in Mumbai, Sindhudurg, Palghar, Raigad, Thane and one in Kurla (east Mumbai suburb), NDRF Director General S N Pradhan said in a tweet.
He said the teams are being pre-deployed or positioned at these locations on the request of the state government that acted in response to the prediction of heavy rains made by the India Metrological Department (IMD). An NDRF team usually has 47 personnel and they are equipped with inflatable boats, wood and pole cutters and basic first aid kits to rescue rains and floods affected victims and launch relief operations. (PTI)
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis took to Twitter to condole the loss of lives after a building collapsed in the Malad area of Mumbai, and called on authorities to provide immediate assistance to the bereaved famillies.
"Saddened to know loss of lives in Malad building collapse incident in Mumbai My thoughts are with families who lost loved ones & prayers for speedy recovery of injured," he wrote.
At least 11 people were killed and seven injured after a double-storey structure collapsed on another in a slum at Malwani, Malad (West), late on Wednesday night. The incident took place after the city witnessed heavy rainfall throughout the day. Search and rescue operations are underway.
Join Commissioner of Mumbai Police Vishwas Nangre Patil told news agency ANI that the police will file a case against the owner of the residential building which collapsed in the Malad area. "Mumbai Police to register case u/s 304 (2) of IPC (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) against the owner of structure that collapsed & the contractor. They had recently made some structural changes after cyclone Tauktae," Patil said.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mumbai recorded 222.2 mm rain in a span of 12 hours — 44 per cent of the monthly average rainfall in June (505 mm). It said the city will continue to receive extremely heavy rain spells — more than 200 mm in 24 hours — till June 13. The record for the highest 24-hour spell for the month is 399 mm on June 9, 1991.
Mumbai was brought to a near standstill on the first day of this year’s monsoon season with heavy rain lashing most parts of the city Wednesday morning, leading to traffic snarls and severe waterlogging that left roads, subways, suburban rail tracks and entire neighbourhoods inundated.
With the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) once again caught on the wrong foot, despite several assurances, officials decided to shut the key Andheri subway, which was among the first to get inundated, for four months across the entire season.
At least 11 people were killed and seven injured after a double-storey structure collapsed on another in a slum at Malwani, Malad (West), late on Wednesday night. The incident took place after the city witnessed heavy rainfall throughout the day. Search and rescue operations are underway.
According to the BMC disaster management cell, the incident was reported around 11.10 pm from the New Collector compound slum on Abdul Hamid road in Malvani gate no 8 area. The slum pocket has come up on Collector’s land.
Intense waterlogging on several arterial roads and low-lying areas near Thane railway station, left traffic out of gear in the morning rush hour in Navi Mumbai and Thane on Wednesday.
Thane civic officials said waterlogging was reported from at least 55 locations, with two incidents of landslide. At least three wall collapse and 11 tree-fall incidents due to heavy rain were also reported. Read More
As Mumbai roads and rail tracks got flooded in first monsoon rains on Wednesday, Maharashtra BJP leader Ashish Shelar said the BMC's claim of completing pre-monsoon work stands exposed and alleged massive irregularities in cleaning of nullahs, culverts, sewers and open drains in Mumbai in the last five years.
Shelar said the claim of the Shiv Sena-ruled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) that 104 per cent work of cleaning nullahs, sewers and open drains has been done before the monsoon has been exposed after heavy rains caused water-logging in various parts of the city and flooding on rail tracks.
Every year more than Rs 150 crore is allocated for cleaning of nullahs, sewers and open drains in the city, the former minister said. However, an ''unholy nexus" between contractors, the ruling party and officers has led to "looting" of Rs 1,000 crore from the civic exchequer in the last five years , he alleged. (PTI)
The first rains of this year's monsoon season in Mumbai caused water-logging in various parts of the city, prompting the traffic police to shut four subways and forcing motorists to abandon their vehicles on roads.
The heavy downpour also disrupted local train services, which are running only for personnel engaged in health and other essential services, and are out of bound for general commuters in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. See Pics
Mumbai (Santacruz) recorded 220.6mm in a span of nine hours on Wednesday. Thane recorded 162.6mm and Colaba recorded 45.6mm during the same period
With water-logging on tracks at Kurla-Sion and Chunabatti stations, train services between CSMT-Thane and CSMT-Vashi, and between Bandra and Goregaon, had to be halted, Central Railways told ANI.
The Mithi river has overflown due to heavy rainfall in Mumbai, leading to water-logging in nearby localities in the Kurla area.
According to the IMD, Santacruz recorded a rainfall of 164.8mm in six hours between 8.30am - 2.30pm on Wednesday. Other locations where heavy spells were recorded (8.30am to 11.30am) include Kandivali, Vikhroli, Dharavi fire station, Bandra fire station and Mumbai central.
Mumbai will receive intense rainfall till Wednesday evening.
Amid the heavy rainfall, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray visited the Disaster Management Cell of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai.
IMD Mumbai has issued yellow and red alerts for some districts of Konkan Kinarpatti (coastal strip), news agency ANI reported.
Shubhangi Bhute,a scientiest, stated that a red alert has been issued for Mumbai today and a yellow alert for the next 4 days. Konkan Kinarpatti including Mumbai may receive heavy to very heavy rainfall for next 4 days.
The IMD Wednesday has issued a red alert for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, and Raigad. A red warning is issued to signify the possibility of 'Very heavy to extremely heavy rain at isolated places'.
The weather agency has issued an orange alert for next four days for Palghar, Thane, Mumbai with forecast of extremely heavy rain at isolated places.
Many parts of Mumbai were waterlogged on Wednesday as a result of the heavy rain brought by the onset of the Southwest Monsoon. Below are some pictures from Andheri
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) claimed Wednesday said that waterlogging was reported from several parts of Mumbai as floodgates were closed due to a high tide of 4.14 meters at 11:43 am.
Andheri, Dahisar and Khar Subway are waterlogged and closed since Wednesday morning.
Municipal Commissioner IS Chahal will visit waterlogged Hindmata and Gandhi market area on Wednesday afternoon.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) claimed Wednesday said that waterlogging was reported from several parts of Mumbai as floodgates were closed due to a high tide of 4.14 meters at 11:43 am.
Andheri, Dahisar and Khar Subway are waterlogged and closed since Wednesday morning.
Municipal Commissioner IS Chahal will visit waterlogged Hindmata and Gandhi market area on Wednesday afternoon.
Due to heavy rains in suburbs and waterlogging at Chunabatti and between Sion-Kurla section, as a precautionary measure, CSMT-Thane main line services have been suspended from 10.20 am and CSMT-Mankhurd harbour line services have been suspended from 11.10 am
Below is an update for long distance trains at 12 pm on Wednesday:
02362 CSMT-Asansol Special rescheduled at 1430 hrs (scheduled at 1105 hrs)
02598 CSMT-Gorakhpur Special rescheduled at 1530 hrs (scheduled at 1330 hrs)
Local train services from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji MaharajTerminus (CSMT) to neighbouring Thane and Vashi in Navi Mumbai were suspended due to water-logging on some railway tracks, officials said.
Routes of some BEST buses run the city civic body's transport wing were also diverted, they said.
A high tide of over four metres is expected around noon in the Arabian Sea, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
"GOOD NEWS. Onset of SW Monsoon declared over Mumbai Thane Palghar today 9th June. Monsoon line today passing frm Valsad(Gujarat), Nagpur in Maharashtra & then Bhadrachalam Tuni..Conditions r favourable for onset of monsoon in remaining parts of Maharashtra in nxt 2,3 days," the IMD's head SID, Climate Research & Services at Pune, K S Hosalikar, tweeted.
Due to heavy rains in the suburbs and waterlogging at Chunabatti and between Sion- Kurla section, as a precautionary measure, CSMT-Thane main line services and CSMT-Vashi harbour line services have been suspended from 10.20 am, a Central Railway official said.
The Trans-Harbour and BSU (Uran) services are running smoothly. And shuttle services between Thane and Karjat/Kasara and Vashi-Panvel are also running, the official added.
There has been no disruption in Western Railway suburban services in Mumbai in spite of very heavy rains (more than 150 mm) in the last three hours.
Here is a map by IMD showing how the Southwest Monsoon is moving throughout the country.
Regional Meteorological Centre, Mumbai Wednesday issued a weather warning for Maharashtra for the next 5 days, news agency ANI reported.
Traffic snarls were reported in different parts of Mumbai on Wednesday as a result of the heavy rainfall. Below are some visuals from Eastern Express Highway-Chembur.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Wednesday said Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into Mumbai today.
The weather agency said significant amount of rainfall has been recorded in the city from in the last 24 hours. Mumbai (Santacruz) received 60 mm rain, Mumbai (Colaba) received 77mm; Harnai got 69 mm, Ratnagiri 113 mm, Mormugao 68 mm.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Wednesday said Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into Mumbai today.
The weather agency said significant amount of rainfall has been recorded in the city from in the last 24 hours. Mumbai (Santacruz) received 60 mm rain, Mumbai (Colaba) received 77mm; Harnai got 69 mm, Ratnagiri 113 mm, Mormugao 68 mm.
Vehicles wade through water at Gandhi Market in Mumbai, after heavy rainfall lashed the city on Wednesday. Watch the video here:
The Southwest monsoon arrived in Mumbai on Wednesday, the IMD announced as heavy rains lashed the country’s financial capital and suburbs since early morning.
Since Monday morning, Mumbai has been recording steady and continuous rainfall. The 24-hour rainfall (till 8.30 am) recorded on Wednesday at Colaba was 65.4mm and at Santacruz was 50.4mm. Heavy rain recorded over Konkan include Ratnagiri (112.9 mm), Panji (33.8 mm) and Madgaon (67.6mm).
Railway tracks between Sion railway station and GTB Nagar railway station were submerged on Wednesday due to heavy rainfall in Mumbai.
As a precautionary measure, local train services between Kurla and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) have been halted. Services will resume as soon as the water recedes, said Central railway PRO.
Heavy rainfall led to severe waterlogging at Kings Circle in Mumbai on Wednesday. Watch the video here:
The Southwest Monsoon has arrived in Mumbai on Wednesday, the IMD said as heavy rains lashed the city and suburbs since early morning.
Waterlogging was reported in some low-lying areas, but the local train services remained unaffected, while routes of some BEST buses run the city civic body's transport wing were diverted, reported PTI.
A high tide of over four metres is expected around noon in the Arabian Sea, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
"It's monsoon arrival in Mumbai today," said Dr Jayanta Sarkar, head of the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Mumbai office.
Several parts of the city and suburbs witnessed heavy rainfall along with thunder in the morning.
The Southwest Monsoon has arrived in Mumbai on Wednesday, the IMD said as heavy rains lashed the city and suburbs since early morning.
Waterlogging was reported in some low-lying areas, but the local train services remained unaffected, while routes of some BEST buses run the city civic body's transport wing were diverted, reported PTI.
A high tide of over four metres is expected around noon in the Arabian Sea, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
"It's monsoon arrival in Mumbai today," said Dr Jayanta Sarkar, head of the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Mumbai office.
Several parts of the city and suburbs witnessed heavy rainfall along with thunder in the morning.
The Southwest Monsoon has arrived in Mumbai on Wednesday, the IMD said as heavy rains lashed the city and suburbs since early morning.
Waterlogging was reported in some low-lying areas, but the local train services remained unaffected, while routes of some BEST buses run the city civic body's transport wing were diverted, reported PTI.
A high tide of over four metres is expected around noon in the Arabian Sea, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
"It's monsoon arrival in Mumbai today," said Dr Jayanta Sarkar, head of the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Mumbai office.
Several parts of the city and suburbs witnessed heavy rainfall along with thunder in the morning.