The NDRF along with the Navy, Coast Guard and the RPF rescued over 2,000 passengers stranded in trains midway. As water levels rose, power to the trains had to be disconnected, keeping people stuck for hours without food and water. Teams worked in tandem to ferry people to the nearest stations on rescue rafts.

Later in the day, a special food train, carrying 2,000-odd packets prepared in Base Kitchen, Mumbai Central, was run from Mumbai Central to Naigaon for passengers waiting in stranded trains.