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As the Mumbai administration got overwhelmed under heavy downpour on Tuesday, the spirit of Mumbai came alive with common people and celebrities alike using social media to offer help to citizens got stuck in the heavy rains. Within hours of the downpour, people from different parts of the city started offering help to those stuck in rain via Twitter and Facebook using #RainHosts as the trending hashtag. They offered their places to those trapped in the rains.
Those stranded near Bandra/Khar/ Santacruz/Mahim/ Sea link can move towards *Trupti Bandra @ link rd near Amarsons. Food+ Tea made available
Those stranded near Bandra/Khar/ Santacruz/Mahim/ Sea link can move towards *Trupti Bandra @ link rd near Amarsons. Food+ Tea made available
— Bani J⚡️ (@bani_j) August 29, 2017
High tide soon. Water level on roads likely to rise. Please stay put where you are & remain indoors. Keep food/water handy.#MumbaiRains
— Gul Panag (@GulPanag) August 29, 2017
If you're stuck in Borivali west near station, please reach out. Can host 2 people #RainHosts #MumbaiRains
— Pooja Pillai (@Poojaspillai) August 29, 2017
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Social media users also informed the stranded people about facilities like gurudwaras and community halls where free food was available in the city.
Gurudwara Dashmesh Darbar has hot langar available for stranded people near GTB nagar, Sion Koliwada. #RainHosts
— Kiran Manral (@KiranManral) August 29, 2017
Shagun Hall Laxmi Narayan Lane Matunga, shelter food and water for those stranded. Via #Whatsapp #RainHosts
— Kiran Manral (@KiranManral) August 29, 2017
People also appealed to cab rental companies to lower the fare in order to help citizens.
Hey @Olacabs and @Uber_Mumbai can we reduce surcharge and help people in #MumbaiRains ppl are stuck. Can we show some humanity?
— Rosh (@TekiRosh) August 29, 2017
Public buildings like schools, colleges, and churches were also offered by concerned Mumbai citizens to support the affected people.
Please tell anyone who needs shelter tonight to come over to St Peters Church Bandra
— Mini Mathur (@minimathur) August 29, 2017
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Those who were stranded in the city also used social media to ask for help.
#RainHosts we r stuck near matunga station in Latur express for more thn 6 hrs.. We have not taken anything from the whole day. Plz help us
— Ayush Gupta (@Ayush_gupta824) August 29, 2017
People communicated with each other through social media while trying their best to help those stranded in the city.
If you have a place to offer, please tweet with #RainHosts https://t.co/Jc6dbvOWIK
— Numbyaar (@NumbYaar) August 29, 2017
Anyone stuck in bandra and need help, holler. Will do what I can do. Opening my DM for anyone to message. #RainHosts #MumbaiRains
— anvita (@anvitanath) August 29, 2017
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