Rains pick up again in Mumbai; local train services affected

A day after heavy showers battered Mumbai the rain intensity reduced briefly on Monday morning and picked up momentum again leading to waterlogging at some places and disrupting local train services officials saidOn Sunday 30 people were killed in the metropolis in rainrelated incidents including 19 in Mahul area of Chembur where a retaining wall collapsed on some houses after a landslideOn Monday no fresh death was reported an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC saidHowever after a brief spell of reduced intensity the rains picked up pace again causing inundation in some areas19 July 9 15 amLatest radar obs from Mumbai indicate some intense clouds over parts of Thane Raigad and Mumbai suburbs and adjoining arabian seaIMD has already issued nowcast for possibilities of intense spellsWatch for IMD updates pictwittercom3pLTa3OfM4mdash K S Hosalikar Hosalikar_KS July 19 2021Local train services of the Central Railway were affected due to waterlogging on tracks between Vikhroli and Bhandup following heavy showers in parts of the suburbs CRs chief spokesperson Shivaji Sutar saidThe suburban train services were suspended in that section of the main line from 1035 am to 1050 am as a precautionary measure he saidTrains are being run at a cautious speed between Kanjurmarg and Vikhroli stations due to heavy rain Sutar saidThe station yard in neighbouring Thane was also waterlogged and as a result trains were running slow railway sources saidAlso read Mumbai Heavy rain gets their goat traders forced to reduce pricesIn the Kasara Ghat section located about 130 km from Mumbai a mudslide occurred on one of the three rail lines early Monday morning Sutar saidTraffic was affected only on the down line due to the mudslide but trains were running on the middle and up lines according to the Central RailwayCentral Railway Monsoon Updates at 1200 hrs on 1972021 pictwittercomev5bQ22PMzmdash Central Railway Central_Railway July 19 2021The eastern suburbs of Mumbai recorded the highest 9065 mm rainfall in the 24hour period ending at 8 am on Monday as compared to 4888 mm rainfall in the island city and 5189 mm rainfall in western suburbs a BMC official saidThe India Meteorological Department IMD earlier issued an orange alert for Mumbai on Monday predicting heavy to very heavy rain at few placesAccording to BMC officials there is a forecast of moderate to heavy rainthundershowers in the city and suburbs with the possibility of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in isolated placesAlerts by the IMD are colourcoded from green to red A green alert stands for no warning no action needs to be taken by the authorities and the forecast is of light to moderate rain A red alert stands for warning and asks authorities to take action An orange alert indicates that the authorities are expected to iquestbe preparedAccording to civic officials bus services of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport BEST were running normalOn Sunday evening Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray took stock of the preparedness by various government agencies to tackle any emergencyThackeray had directed the agencies to remain more alert and asked authorities to keep a watch on landslideprone areas and dilapidated buildings newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies 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