 "Heavy rains wreak havoc in Mumbai; road, rail and air traffic affected, commuters complain")
Since Friday morning, heavy rains flooded many parts of Mumbai, disrupting rail and road traffic, as well as flights, officials said. The downpour led to waterlogging in parts of south and central Mumbai, as well as the eastern and western suburbs, leading to major traffic snarls in the morning. Traffic crawled at snail’s pace on major thoroughfares like Eastern Express and Western Express highways and major north-south roads, delaying tens of thousands.
Maharashtra: Water logging in parts of Mumbai due to heavy rains pic.twitter.com/R43DtpzTsC
— ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2016
Suburban train services on Western Railway, Central Railway and Harbour Line ran 15-30 minutes late. The Central Railway was hit due to flooded tracks near Sion-Kurla. The cascading effect affected the other two lines.
Due to heavy rain and waterlogging between Sion and Kurla suburban services badly affected @Central_Railway , water level 6 inch above rails
— Central Railway (@Central_Railway) August 5, 2016
All domestic and international flights to and from Mumbai reported around 30 minutes delay due to heavy rains, low visibility and air congestion.
All flights delayed at Mumbai airport due to heavy rains, 6 flights go around, 1 diverted as of now.
— ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2016
Though were were no diversions or cancellations, there were three go-arounds and consequent delays, airport officials said. Besides Mumbai, the adjoining districts of Thane, Palghar and Raigad were also lashed by heavy rains, slowing traffic on all major routes linking Mumbai with Ahmedabad, Pune, Nashik and Goa. The IMD has forecast very heavy rains over Mumbai and coastal Konkan region over the next 48 hours. As a precaution, all major services like the police, fire brigade, NDRF and others are in a state of high alert.
Mumbai high tide of 4.55 metres expected at 1:38PM today
— ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2016
Impact Shorts
More ShortsMany Mumbaikars took to Twitter:
Heavy rains in Mumbai turn our building's lawn into a lake! #mumbairains #Mumbai pic.twitter.com/a1AvyyQafL
— KABIR BEDI (@iKabirBedi) August 5, 2016
Ah, #MumbaiRains. Which means, I can repeat this tweet, like I do every year. - https://t.co/AtGqGg5wC1
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) August 5, 2016
#Mumbairains: Scene at Ghatkopar #railway station @HTMumbai @htTweets
— Rahul Mahajani (@rahul_mahajani) August 5, 2016
Pictures courtesy @dharamtiwari pic.twitter.com/oWO7YGiOdS
Just because your street is flooded, you can't really pass off Vile Parle as Venice. #mumbairains
— Mayank (@AZenGuy) August 5, 2016
Major water logging from Ruia College to Dadar station. @RidlrMUM #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/8u9TEfNbhL
— hodophileonpause (@adivasihippie) August 5, 2016
Torrential rains in #Mumbai... another 26/7 in making ?? #MumbaiRains
— Phewww (@sumongantait) August 5, 2016
Heavy rains across #mumbai Tremendous water logging at Sion, Dadar, Hindmata #mumbairains
— Tanvi Deshpande (@worthwords01) August 5, 2016
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