Mumbai rain continues for 2nd day, 101 mm recorded in Colaba

The incessant heavy rainfall coinciding with high tide threw normal life in Mumbai out of gear on Friday morning as several parts of the city and suburbs remained inundated. Severe water-logging cases were reported from the chronic flooding spots such as Hindmata, Dadar TT, Chembur station, Kurla, Malad as well as some other areas. [caption id=“attachment_1599911” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  File photo of a flood in Mumbai. PTI[/caption] The rains also disrupted traffic along arterial routes in the morning peak hours. Long traffic snarls were reported in Dadar, Worli and Kurla. BEST buses going from Hind Mata, Dadar TT and Mahim junction had to be diverted to other routes. Local trains on Central railway were also running 15-20 minutes late since morning. According to the civic body’s disaster control room, it has received several complaints about water-logging and trees collapsing, from across the city. “Due to the continuous rainfall which collided with the high tide, many areas in the city and suburbs are water-logged. The water will not recede till afternoon due to the 4.36-metre high tide at 11.27 am today,” said an official from the control room. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Colaba received 101.0 mm and Santa Cruz received 47.8 mm rainfall in the 24 hours ending 8.30 am Friday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the city is likely to continue receiving heavy rainfall over the next two days. “The weather conditions are favorable and the city is likely to heavy rainfall with frequent showers in two days,” said an official from IMD, Mumbai. Mumbaiites took to Twitter to express their frustration at the rain-induced traffic chaos and delays. Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit was one of them.NDTV posted this picture of waterlogging.