Waterlogging due to heavy rains at Kurla on Sunday. Express photo by Ganesh Shirsekar, 4th August 2019, Mumbai.
Mumbai and its suburbs are likely to witness few spells of rain Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department has predicted. An orange alert is issued in Thane, which is likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall. “Light to moderate rainfall is very likely in Mumbai and heavy to very heavy rain likely at a few places in Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, and Sindhudurg,” an IMD official said.
According to Skymet, a private forecasting agency, rain intensity will remain low till August 9. “Systems allowing heavy to very heavy rain over north Konkan, including Mumbai, have weakened. Only light to moderate showers are now expected, giving much-needed relief and time for water to recede from flooded areas,” Mahesh Palawat, vice-president of the agency, said. “The city is not likely to have any problem till August 9 as sporadic spells of moderate showers are expected.”
Meanwhile, 1.13 lakh people in 15 districts in Maharashtra have been affected by heavy rainfall and floods. The most affected regions include Kolhapur, Thane, Satara, and Nashik. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis chaired a meeting Tuesday to discuss the situation, as well as short and long term measures.
The Mutha river after discharge of water from the Khadakwasla dam on Sunday. (Express Photo: Ashish Kale)
With a depression over Bay of Bengal likely to trigger heavy rain in many parts of Odisha till August 9, the state government on Tuesday asked district collectors to be prepared to deal with possible flood. The Meteorological Centre here said in a special bulletin that the low pressure over Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression on Tuesday. (PTI)
Heavy rains since the start of August in parts of Sangli in Maharashtra has led to the water level in Krishna river rising, a senior official said on Tuesday. Water has also been released from Koyna and Varna dams which has increased water-logging in several areas in the district, he said. He added that people in 107 villages along the banks of the river have been alerted about rising water levels. The Territorial Army's relief column is expected to arrive in the city later tonight to help a team of the National Disaster Response Force deployed here for relief operations, the official informed. (PTI)
All educational institutes from Class 1st to Class 12th and Anganwadi Centers to remain shut tomorrow in view of the forecast of heavy rains.
Traffic to came to a halt as rains lashed Delhi on Tuesday morning. The Safdarjung observatory, the recording of which is considered official for the city, received 12.6 mm rainfall till 8.30 am. The Palam Observatory received 38.5 mm rainfall. Commuters experienced severe traffic snarls en route to their offices. Those coming from Noida were stuck in jams on the DND flyover, Akshardham road and the ITO crossing. There was waterlogging on stretches of Rohtak Road, near Tis Hazari court, from Khyber Pass towards Model Town. Traffic was also affected from on the stretch towards the Nigam Bodh Ghat due to waterlogging near Kela Ghat. (PTI)
Landslides triggered by incessant rains in the hills of Uttarakhand on Tuesday blocked many road routes, including Rishikesh-Badrinath highway at Lambagad. A cloudburst at Gairsain in Chamoli district in the early hours on Tuesday also damaged bridges, a school building and cowsheds, the SDRF said. Besides blocking the Rishikesh-Badrinath highway at Lambagad, rubble from landslips has also blocked 19 motor roads in Chamoli, seven in Uttarkashi and eight in Pauri districts, it said. Four cowsheds were destroyed, five bridges damaged and one school building was partially damaged in the cloudburst in Gairsain, it said. (PTI)
First major landslide in #Kodagu this year. The link between Kodagu and #Kerala via Makkuta-Virajpet has been severed.
Maharashtra Government requested GoI for NDRF team from Goa for Dodamarg in Sindhudurg district in view of discharge from Tillari dam. One team already left from Raigad.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has urged his Karnataka counterpart B S Yediyurappa to increase the water discharge from Almati dam to tackle the floods in Kolhapur, Sangli, Pune , Pimpri Chinchwad in Western Maharashtra. The Karnataka CM, meanwhile, has written to Fadnavis to regulate water discharge from Koyna dam to tackle flooding of villages in his state. "I called Karnataka CM to appraise the flood situation and requesting for increasing water discharge in Almati dam," Fadnavis said.
Due to floods in Sangli and Kolapur districts, a stretch of the Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway (NH4) was closed this morning and traffic stopped. Officials said that the road will be opened only after water levels go back to normal. The NH4 traverses Pune, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur in Maharashtra and Nipani and Belgaum in Karnataka.
As many as seven of the over 30 river bridges in the city were closed to traffic as they were either submerged or the water level in the rivers had risen very close to the surface. These include Rajiv Gandhi bridge (connecting Aundh Gao to Dange Chowk), old Sangavi Bridge (near Spicer College), Dapodi Bridge (Bhau Patil Road to Dapodi Gaon), old Holkar Bridge (Khadaki Bazaar), Baba Bhjide Bridge (Deccan areas) and Jaywantrao Tilak bridge near PMC.
Pune received heavy rainfall over last weekend, which resulted in its four dam reservoirs — Khadakwasla dam, Panshet dam, Varasgaon dam, Temghar dam — filling to capacity. The four rivers that pass through the city — Mula, Mutha, Pavana and Indrayani — were all carrying large amounts of water, which is being regularly released by the dams. Some 500 people living on the banks of the rivers have been relocated to relief centres.
The IMD has predicted that Mumbai will receive "light to moderate" rainfall on Tuesday. The city had experienced interse showers over the weekend, leading to waterlogging in several parts of the city. The break in rainfall will help water recede from flooded areas. The next big spell of showers is likely only on August 9.