Early morning downpour leaves several areas water-logged on Sat; rainfall in Santa Cruz has already exceeded month’s average
Kids seen playing sans masks in the water-logged stretch of SV Road in Bandra on Saturday. Pic/Shadab Khan
Parts of the city continued to remain water-logged, following a heavy downpour on Saturday morning. Since Saturday’s rainfall was not as intense as Wednesday, citizens faced fewer issues. The rain receded after 9 am.
The Powai lake began overflowing on Saturday afternoon
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On Wednesday, Mumbai had received 220 mm rain within nine hours. On Saturday, Santa Cruz received 107 mm rain, mostly in the early morning. The rainfall, however, left many areas in the city water-logged, including Hindmata in Parel, Gandhi Market, Antop Hill in Sion, National College in Bandra, Veera Desai Road in Andheri, Sainath subway in Malad, and Kurla’s Kamani. Most of the establishments were shut, due to which there was minimal traffic. BEST buses, however, had to be diverted until the water receded.
The BMC Disaster Control Department received complaints of 24 trees and branches falling across the city, 15 complaints of short-circuiting and 11 houses or part of houses collapsing. No injuries were reported in these incidents.
The city has received more than normal rainfall this month. The average rainfall that is usually recorded at Santa Cruz in June is 505 mm. But, this year, Santa Cruz witnessed a total of 641 mm rainfall till 8 am on Saturday, which is more than the month’s average. The rainfall on Wednesday (231 mm) and Saturday (110 mm) together totalled more than 50 per cent of the month’s rainfall. The average rainfall recorded at Colaba is 541 mm, and the area so far, has received 337 mm rain.
The water stock at the seven lakes, which provide water to the city increased slightly after three days of good rainfall.
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The Powai lake—water from which is used for industrial purpose—started to overflow around noon. The lake overflowed 24 days earlier than last year, said sources. As of Saturday, the city’s total water stock was 1.86 lakh million litres, approximately sufficient for 40 days of water supply. In 2019, the city had 1.11 lakh million litres of water stock on the same day.
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