Mumbai rains: Heavy showers lead to traffic jams, waterlogging

Citizens of Mumbai woke up to heavy showers and waterlogging The roads in certain parts of the city were flooded leading to traffic snarls And a number of citizens were worried about their Monday morning commute to workAs per the IMD Mumbai and its suburbs are expected to get heavy to very heavy thundershowers with heavy rainfall in certain regions over the next 24 hours In all the morning chaos the Central Railways tweeted that all suburban services were functional ie the main harbour and transharbour lines As per ANI all services were still functionalMumbai There is some water accumulation at Sion due to continuous rains but trains are running on all three lines of Central Railway Main line Harbour and Transharbour with a delay of 57 minutesCentral Railwaymdash ANI ANI June 25 2018India Meteorological Department IMD data has revealed that less than 25 per cent of the country received normal or excess rainfall till now with the weatherman on Sunday saying that monsoon activity has revived over the weekend and is making a steady advanceWater logging at Milan subway today morningMumbaiRains TheWeatherChannel ethAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u009fAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0093sup1 DanErchick pictwittercom9YQefr7FOamdash The Weather Channel India weatherindia June 25 2018The disaster management cell is constantly trying to keep people in the know about the traffic and train conditions via their twitter handle As per the cell several roaddiversions have been affected in areas most prone to waterlogging and traffic snarlsPlease do something ASAP This is the inside and outside of our building in a residential complex in Andheri west Is this a metro city Shame Dev_Fadnavis MCGM_BMC MumbaiPolice bmcmumbai CMOMaharashtra LocalPressCo bmc bmcmumbai mumbairains pictwittercomvRLiKkZzktmdash Tanay Mimani TanayMimani June 25 2018ROAD DIVERSIONS1Morarji nagar powai via JVLR2Filterpada powai via JVLR3Siddharth hospital goregaon4Milan subway CPMumbaiPolice mtptrafficmdash Disaster Management DisasterMgmtMum June 25 2018Mumbai saw incessant rains on Sunday with suburban Malad west recording the highest amount of rainfall at 11080 mm between 830 am and 430 pm on Sunday an Indian Meteorological Department official said Powai with 7780 mm of rainfall and Mulund west with 76 mm rainfall during the same period stood second and third respectively the IMD official saidMumbaikars also tweeted about waterlogging outside the areas they live in one user saidPlease do something ASAP This is the inside and outside of our building in a residential complex in Andheri west Is this a metro city Shame Dev_Fadnavis MCGM_BMC MumbaiPolice bmcmumbai CMOMaharashtra LocalPressCo bmc bmcmumbai mumbairains pictwittercomvRLiKkZzktmdash Tanay Mimani TanayMimani June 25 2018In lieu of waterlogged streets and trafficsnarls the BEST has effected changes in bus routes as wellMumbai rains A number of BEST public transport buses diverted in the city due to waterlogging at several locations Heres a 6am report pictwittercomX1MWbWDaaWmdash Rajendra B Aklekar rajtoday June 25 2018A few trains are delayed due to low visibility and waterlogging on rail tracksMumbai rains A number of BEST public transport buses diverted in the city due to waterlogging at several locations Heres a 6am report pictwittercomX1MWbWDaaWmdash Rajendra B Aklekar rajtoday June 25 2018Coastal areas of the city like Colaba Mazgaon and Worli received less rainfall in comparison he added The IMD official explained Synoptic analysis indicates that the offshore trough at mean sea level runs from south Gujarat coast to Kerala coast A cyclonic circulation lies over south Konkan and its neighbourhood and another cyclonic circulation lies over north Konkan and adjoining south GujaratThe official said that under the influence of these meteorological conditions isolated heavy to very heavy rain over Konkan and Goa and isolated heavy rainfall over Gujarat region central Maharashtra Marathwada coastal Karnataka and Kerala is very likely on Day 1 which is todayThe intensity of rainfall is expected to decrease tomorrow and only South Gujarat Konkan and Goa may experience isolated heavy rainfall the official saidKeep abreast with the happenings in Mumbai during heavy showers hereWith inputs from agencies