Mumbai witnessed heavy rains on Monday, prompting the IMD to issue an orange alert till 1 pm. Waterlogging hit low-lying areas, slowing traffic and train services. The BMC reported rainfall of up to 50 mm in suburbs, with lake levels at 82.65 per cent capacity. More showers expected across Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, and Ratnagiri.
Heavy rain showers on Monday caused problem for commuters. Pic/Satej Shinde
With rains lashing parts of Mumbai since the early hours of Monday, the India Meteorological Department has also predicted that the island city will continue to experience heavy showers on Monday. The weather agency has also issued an orange alert across various districts of Maharashtra, suggesting heavy rainfall.
IMD, while issuing a release on the latest weather forecast, has predicted that apart from Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, and Sindhudurg have also been issued orange alerts on 21 July. With heavy to very heavy rainfall predicted in all the above-mentioned districts, people have been advised to stay safe. The weather agency has also predicted strong and gusty winds along with thunderstorms across these districts.
The nowcast warning by the IMD was issued at 10:15 am on July 21 amid heavy rains in Mumbai. With the weather agency predicting moderate to intense spells of rain. Rain is very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Thane, Raigad, Mumbai, and Ratnagiri during the next 3-4 hours.
Since the early hours of Monday, Mumbai has been experiencing heavy rains. The heavy downpour has caused waterlogging in low-lying areas. Along with waterlogging, the vehicular movement across Mumbai was slowed down to a great extent on Monday, as per the civic officials.
After a reduced rain spell earlier this month and sunny skies for the last few days, Mumbai on Monday witnessed heavy overnight showers, bringing a sigh of relief as far as average rainfall is concerned.
The rain intensity has reduced since early morning across Mumbai, but most parts of the eastern and western suburbs continued to receive heavy downpours.
Amid the heavy rainfall, commuters also complained of slow traffic movement on both the Eastern Express Highway and the Western Express Highway during the morning rush hours. Some commuters also complained that local trains were running with a little delay.
As per the BMC, during the last 24 hours, from Sunday 8:00 am to Monday 8:00 am, Mumbai has recorded an average rainfall of 23.45 mm. While the eastern suburbs received 36.42 mm, the western suburbs experienced 50.02 mm of rainfall, civic officials said.
Lake Levels
Amid the heavy Mumbai rains, the water levels in lakes supplying drinking water to Mumbai have also seen a significant decline. According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) data, the combined stock in the seven reservoirs that provide water to the city now stands at 82.65 per cent.
As per the BMC data, the collective water stock in these reservoirs is around 1,196,232 million litres, which amounts to 82.65 per cent of their total capacity on Monday.
The BMC supplies drinking water daily from Upper Vaitarna, Modak Sagar, Tansa, Middle Vaitarna, Bhatsa, Vihar, and Tulsi lakes.
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