<p>The incessant <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-rains-mumbai-local-train-flights-services-hit-as-heavy-rains-continue-to-lash-city-23399894" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>rainfall flooded</strong></a> Virar, forcing daily commuters to wade through knee-deep water to get home on Wednesday evening.</p>
<p>The commuters, usually, take shared auto rickshaws in the Vasai-Virar area, but due to the heavy rain, they reported that "the queue was unusually long because there were fewer three-wheelers on the flooded roads."</p>
<p>Many vehicles broke down on the flooded roads leading to Virar railway station on Wednesday.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Commuters formed a line to navigate the water while wading through the flooded road. It took me over an hour to get home from Virar railway station,&rdquo; said Rohit Raj, a student who had gone to visit Marine Drive with his friends.</p>
<p>The poor drainage system and civic apathy, compounded by recent <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-rains-bmc-declares-holiday-for-schools-and-colleges-as-heavy-rains-continue-in-mumbai-23399916" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>rainfall</strong></a>, led to flooding in Virar.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Whole day, we had fun, but the evening spoiled our mood because we had to wade through knee-deep water for kilometers&hellip; this was scary&hellip; we had to remove our shoes to protect our expensive footwear and walk barefoot,&rdquo; said Raj.</p>
<p>To make matters worse, some streetlights along certain stretches were also dysfunctional near Global City, Virar West.</p><p>
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