Mumbai Rains: Water-logging causes trouble for residents in Vasai

Mumbai rains have not yet arrived in the city in full swing but people are already facing huge waterlogging issuesResidents near the VasaiDiva railway route line Vasai Bhivandi are facing huge waterlogging problems at the subway near Nagle village in Vasai east Just a slight drizzle ended up causing the water levels to reach up to 34 feet which caused bikes and cars to get stuckAccording to a resident Pankaj Baban Hazare 28 the railway crossing near the subway was created for people to move from the east and west Since the past 6 months the crossing was not made available for the people However railway authorities were informed that it would not be closed until 2025The subway has not been constructed accurately as the entrance points are high whereas the centre is relatively lower which causes water to accumulate Moreover the pipeline created for water extraction is at a height of 34 feet Complaints have been made to officials but no action has been taken yetTop five news stories of the dayMumbai Crime Powai police arrest pervert exprofessor for stalking harassing studentThe Powai police on Saturday arrested a man who formerly worked as a professor at a premier engineering institute in the city for allegedly sending lewd messages and videos to one of his exstudents The accused identified as Vijay Deshmukh had been fired from the institute in 2018 following the students complaint to its womens cell But he resurfaced in her life recently after she returned from South Korea following which she filed a police complaint against him Read moreMumbai trashes BMCs successful ban claims as city vendors still use banned plasticLife is plastic and fantastic for Mumbai once again While the Maharashtra government and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC have been making tall claims regarding the effective implementation of the plastic ban a test drive by midday at various markets in the city has revealed a very different picture Close to a year since the state implemented the ban plastic bags are still being freely handed out in the open market Read full storyFemale leopard that attacked two kids found dead in ThaneThe decomposed carcass of a 10yearold female leopard that attacked two children a couple of days back was found in the forest patch in Murbad Thane on Saturday The children were attacked when they had gone to the forest with their grandmother to collect firewood and fruits in Karpewadi forest on Friday afternoon Read full storyMumbai A year and Rs 334 crore later Gokhale Bridge opens upAlmost after a year since repair work started Andheris Gokhale Bridge was fully opened to the public on Sunday morning The work which started in July last year after the cantilever footpath on the southern end of the bridge collapsed was carried out at a cost of R334 crore Soon after the incident Western Railway WR had undertaken a safety audit of the bridge with help from IITBombay following which major repair and strengthening works had been identified Read full storyMaharashtra radiologists to join doctors stirThe Maharashtra State Branch of Indian Radiological and Imaging Association MSBIRIA has decided to support the striking doctors in West Bengal To show their solidarity with them members of the association have decided to shut all radiodiagnostic modalities like sonography Xray CT scan MRI etc for 24 hours across the state from 6 am today Read full storyCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates