The commercial capital of India, Mumbai is witnessing heavy rainfall on Tuesday and weather officials believe it could be the heaviest and longest bout of rain since July 26, 2005, when the city was paralysed by floods.
It has been raining incessantly since morning and if it continues till high tide in the evening, the metropolitan could be in for hours of flooding, traffic jams and stranded cars on the roads.
The downpour has affected flights which are running with a delay of 40 minutes. Taking into consideration the heavy rainfall warning of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said it was ready to tackle "any eventuality".
Train movement halted at the Western Line. Lower areas are submerged in water.
The continuous showers caused waterlogging in Sion, Dadar, Mumbai Central, Kurla, Andheri, Sakinaka areas, which ultimately resulted in slowing down of the traffic, although no major traffic jam was reported.
"Considering the heavy rainfall warning, our machinery is ready to tackle any eventuality," an official attached to the disaster management cell of the BMC said.
According to the official, four minor incidents of falling of tree branches, five cases of short-circuit and three cases of collapse of parts of houses were reported.
It has been raining incessantly since morning and if it continues till high tide in the evening, the metropolitan could be in for hours of flooding, traffic jams and stranded cars on the roads.
The downpour has affected flights which are running with a delay of 40 minutes. Taking into consideration the heavy rainfall warning of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said it was ready to tackle "any eventuality".
Train movement halted at the Western Line. Lower areas are submerged in water.
The continuous showers caused waterlogging in Sion, Dadar, Mumbai Central, Kurla, Andheri, Sakinaka areas, which ultimately resulted in slowing down of the traffic, although no major traffic jam was reported.
"Considering the heavy rainfall warning, our machinery is ready to tackle any eventuality," an official attached to the disaster management cell of the BMC said.
According to the official, four minor incidents of falling of tree branches, five cases of short-circuit and three cases of collapse of parts of houses were reported.
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