Every downpour seems to be pouring cold water over civic body's grand declarations of being ready for the rains. After Monday's shower, which submerged the city, Thursday's few hours of torrential rains also drowned several roads and railway tracks.

The city recorded 39 mm rainfall in Santacruz and 27.06 mm in Colaba yesterday. Sources in the weather department told mid-day that the city is likely to receive heavy rains till June 10. "There will be intermittent rainfall and thundershowers in the city and suburbs over the next 24 hours," said an official from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).