Mumbai rain: Several low-lying areas inundated, local trains services hit

Heavy rain lashed parts of Mumbai and its suburbs early morning on Friday, leading to waterlogging in a few areas and affecting the local train services, PTI reported, citing officials.

Central Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Shivaji Sutar said suburban services on the main line between and the Harbour line have been affected due to waterlogging on tracks near Kurla station in eastern Mumbai. The trains were running 20 to 25 minutes behind schedule on the two lines.

He added that trains were on schedule on the Thane-Vashi Transharbour route.

In three hours till 7 am, Mumbai’s recorded 36 mm rainfall. Its eastern suburb received 75 mm and the western 73 mm rainfall.

The India Meteorological Department had earlier predicted moderate to heavy rainfall in the city and its suburbs, with the possibility of very heavy rainfall at the isolated places on Friday. It had issued a red alert for Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Kolhapur and Satara districts and an orange alert for Mumbai and Thane, reported News18.

The Regional Meteorological Centre in Mumbai has predicted light to moderate rain in Mumbai and its suburbs with the possibility of heavy rainfall at isolated places for the next 24 hours.

Many low-lying areas in the city were inundated due to the heavy rain. In view of…

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