Mumbai On Rain Alert, Heavy Showers, Waterlogging In Several Areas
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The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been deployed in the city
Mumbai:
As heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs last night and early this morning, parts of the city witnessed waterlogging and heavy traffic causing inconvenience to the residents.
Pictures tweeted by news agency ANI showed the roads of Sion flooded with water. People were seen wading through knee-deep water in Andheri as well.
#WATCH | Maharashtra: Sion area of Mumbai witnessed waterlogging in the wake of heavy rains in the city. Visuals from last night. pic.twitter.com/tjniUJ74RE
— ANI (@ANI) July 5, 2022
Train and bus services have been affected on some routes due to flooding in the low-lying areas and railway tracks, officials said.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted “moderate to heavy rainfall” for Mumbai and its suburbs and the possibility of “very heavy to extremely heavy” showers at isolated places for the next few days.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been deployed in the city in the wake of the alert issued by the Weather Department, officials said.
Newly sworn-in Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has directed the authorities in Mumbai and neighbouring districts to be on alert and keep a vigil.
“In the wake of heavy rainfall in various parts of the state, CM Eknath Shinde held a discussion with Chief Secretary Manukumar Srivastava along with directing all the related districts’ guardian secretaries to keep a vigil and control the situation,” his office tweeted.
वाढता पाऊस आणि पुराची शक्यता पाहता मुख्यमंत्री एकनाथ शिंदे यांनी मुख्य सचिव मनुकुमार श्रीवास्तव यांच्याशी चर्चा केली असून सबंधित पालक सचिवांना त्या त्या जिल्ह्यांमध्ये पोहचून प्रत्यक्ष देखरेख व नियंत्रण करण्याचे निर्देश दिले आहेत.
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) July 5, 2022