People wade through waterlogged streets in Thane. (Express photo by Deepak Joshi)
Several passengers were stranded at Mumbai’s Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Sunday night after 12 trains were cancelled, and many others were shortly-terminated, diverted, or rescheduled, following heavy rains in the city. At least 18 trains have been cancelled Monday morning.
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Schools and colleges will be shut Monday in Mumbai, its suburbs, Thane, Palghar, and Raigad district, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said. He also asked the people to stay indoors and avoid coming out of their homes.
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Meanwhile, NDRF teams assisting in Gujarat rains were airlifted to assist in the city. At least 400 people from a residential area near the Mithi river were shifted on Sunday after its water level crossed the danger mark following heavy rains in the city, an official said.
Five persons drowned in three separate incidents at Navi Mumbai, Palghar and Thane as since Friday. While five bodies have been recovered, another person feared dead in Navi Mumbai is yet to be traced.
Waterlogged tracks at Thane station. (Express photo by Deepak Joshi)
Maharashtra will continue to remain under the grip of vigorous monsoon till the middle of this week, with heavy to extremely heavy showers being forecast over Pune, parts of Konkan and Vidarbha till August 8, according to officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
“The rainfall intensity will remain moderate to heavy over most parts of Maharashtra, with widespread rain expected over Konkan and Goa till August 8. While Madhya Maharashtra and Vidarbha will experience widespread rain till Thursday, rainfall over Marathwada will reduce after August 5,” Anupam Kashyapi, head of the weather department, IMD Pune, told The Indian Express.
Railway tracks between Shelu and Neral fractured by heavy rain. Trains are not going towards Karjat. They are plying only till Badlapur.
The India Meteorolical Department (IMD) has predicted that Maharashtra will continue to be under the grip of a vigorous monsoon till the middle of this week with "heavy to extremely heavy" showers over Pune, parts of Konkan and Vidarbha till August 8. Read more
More than 1,800 families in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad were shifted to safety as rainfall inundated the two cities on Sunday.
Pune received 45.9 mm of rainfall between Saturday morning and Sunday evening and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast continued downpour in the region over the next four days.
The situation has led the Fifth Battalion of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to deploy a total of eight teams in Raigad, Thane, Mumbai, Pune and Nashik.
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Mumbaikars on Monday morning witnessed a respite from the continuous rains which lashed the city since Friday. The services on the Central Railway line, which were hit because of the downpour, resumed in the morning. Since the IMD had predicted heavy showers for Monday too, the state government declared that all schools and colleges across Mumbai, suburbs, Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts will be shut. "Mumbai, Central Railway's all suburban services are operational except Ambernath to Karjat," the Central Railway tweeted. (PTI)
The Indian Coast Guard helped in rescue operations of people in rain-ravaged Palghar.
Suburban train services resumed late Sunday evening after a 11-hour break due to heavy rains in Mumbai and adjoining Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts, officials said. Central Railway services folded up in the morning due to water-logging on the tracks in Sion and Kurla. Its Harbour service, which connects the metropolis to neighbouring Navi Mumbai, was also shut for most part of the day due to water-logging at Chembur station. The transharbour line between Thane and Vashi, and Western Railway's network between Churchgate and Virar-Dahanu plied normally though with delays of 10-15 minutes. "CSMT/Thane/Kalyan services resume from 19.49 hrs", Central Railway said in a tweet. (PTI)
High tides lash Marine Drive amid heavy rainfall in Mumbai. Schools and colleges in the city have been shut for the second time on Monday. At least three people were killed and four others were injured in rain-related incidents since Friday.
Based on the assessment of evolving situation and prediction of rainfall by IMD, teams of NDRF airlifted from Vadodara, Gujarat will land in Mumbai and will be deployed in following districts of Maharashtra— one team each in Aurangabad, Ahmednagar, Kolhapur and Ratnagiri. Meanwhile, Barvi dam is levelled at 72.5 m at 11 pm, still at danger mark but the flow has reduced, district officials informed.
The South Central Railway on Monday morning cancelled at least 18 trains running through Maharashtra due to heavy rainfall in the state. On Sunday night, at least 12 trains were cancelled, with many being diverted or shortly-terminated or re-scheduled.
Passengers stranded at the Thane railway station since Sunday night. As heavy rains lashed Mumbai and suburbs, at least 12 trains were cancelled, with many others being terminated or diverted or rescheduled.
Several passengers were stranded at the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus after 12 trains were cancelled, 6 shortly terminated, 2 partially cancelled, 1 diverted, and 1 rescheduled. The BMC distributed refreshment to the stranded passengers.