Mumbai Rains: Local trains moved at snail's pace, several trains cancelled

Local trains considered the lifeline of Mumbai on Tuesday moved at the snails pace due to waterlogging of the tracks resulting in harrowing times for lakhs of officegoers and other commutersA distance usually covered in about an hour took several hours even up to five hours in some cases as the rail tracks as well as roads were submerged This was the scene of the metropolis as it continued to be lashed by heavy rains for the fourth straight dayThis has now become an annual affair during the monsoons and while the citizens may grin they seem to have becomealmost immune to these hardshipsWe have now become used to this said Ranvijay Singh Yadav while travelling from Navi Mumbai to Chhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj Terminus CSMT by a local trainOn normal days the daily commuters 39km journey would take him about an hour Devendra Masurkar a daily commuter whose travel from Thane to CSMT by a local train normally takes him 40 minutes on Tuesday reached his destination after three and a half hoursHe said many officegoers who got a train after waiting for hours returned home from midway as the locomotive wasmoving at a very slow pace and they felt they would be reaching their offices only in the afternoonSome of them ate their lunch inside the train and returned home said Masurkar who did not give up even though he reached office lateWe face such a situation every year but nobody seems to care he addedOn the waterlogged roads people could be seen wading through kneedeep water while the vehicles were submerged In Wadala area some children unmindful of the misery around could be seen happily playing on flooded streets Suburban services were suspended on one section of the local network and several longdistance and intercity express trains were delayed or cancelled officials saidTrain services were briefly suspended on the VashiMumbai CSMT section of the Harbour Line due to waterlogging on tracks between Mankhurd and Govandi stationsServices on the route that connects Mumbai with Navi Mumbai resumed at around 1 pm but trains negotiated floodedtracks and crawled between Mankhurd and Govandi and again between Wadala and Sewri stationsThe rains also affected Mumbais famous tiffin carriers Dabbawalas who are known for their ontime delivery service They suspended their services today The India Meteorological Departments Colaba observatory for the Mumbai city recorded 1658 mm rainfall in the 24hour period of 830 am on Monday till 830 am on TuesdayThe Santacruz observatory which records rainfall for the suburban Mumbai reported 1843 mm rainfall in the same periodThe IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rain till ThursdayOn Monday Mumbai recorded the seasons highest rainfall at 170 mm an official saidCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever