The Southwest monsoon has thrown life out of gear in Mumbai with several parts of the city facing acute waterlogging on Wednesday. The situation is likely to persist as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has predicted 'very heavy rainfall' for the next 4-5 days.
Two persons were killed and a teenager was injured in rain-related incidents on Wednesday, reported PTI. The waterlogging also resulted in the closure of the subway service, while many suburban train services were delayed due to technical snags.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an 'Orange alert' forecasting heavy-to-very heavy rains in six districts of Maharashtra. The BMC has also warned residents of heavy-to-very heavy rainfalls in the next four to five days.
As per the data shared by the IMD, the city received 75.6mm of rain in Colaba, 74.2 mm in Santa Cruz, 148.5 mm in Dahisar, 122.5 mm in Bhayendar in Thane and 69.5 mm in Juhu airport. The BMC also reported the island city, eastern suburbs and western suburbs received 43.32 mm, 87.47 mm and 89.87 mm of rainfall, respectively, between 8 am and 8 pm.
Meanwhile, Andheri Subway was closed for vehicular movement due to the accumulation of 1.5 to 2 feet of water and traffic was diverted towards SV Road.
Railway officials said no major waterlogging was reported anywhere on the city's suburban network but technical snags in track changing points and signals caused trains to run late by 10 to 15 minutes.
Two deaths reported
Two people died in separate tree fall incidents in Mumbai's western suburbs, the civic officials said. A 30-year-old man, identified as Premlal Nirmal, was rushed to the hospital after branches of a tree fell on a house in the Mitha Nagar area of Goregaon but doctors declared him "brought dead." In the second incident, a 38-year-old person, identified as Kaushal Doshi, suffered injuries when a tree fell on him near Mamledarwadi Junction in Malad.
Besides, the BMC also reported 22 incidents of trees falling -- three in the island city, 7 in the eastern suburbs and 12 in the western suburbs. Mumbai also reported six incidents of house collapse and in one such incident at Shivaji Nagar in the eastern suburbs, a 17-year-old boy, Rehan Shaikh, was injured. He was admitted to nearby Shatabdi Hospital and his condition was stable, said the BMC.
The city also witnessed two landslides, including one at Surya Nagar in Vikhroli, at around 9.45 am, but no one was injured. However, as a precautionary measure families living in 20 to 25 houses near the landslide site in Vikhroli were evaluated and shifted to a private school, it said.
