Heavy rains in Mumbai and its suburbs slowed down local train services during morning rush hour and a road accident was reported in waterlogged Andheri early on Wednesday.
At least eight people were injured after three cars collided with each other in Andheri due to low visibility. New agency Asian News International tweeted photos of the mangled cars after the accident.
Suburban trains services on all four lines of Central Railway were running at least 10-15 minutes late. The main line services slowed down due to waterlogging between Kurla and Sion stations as the trains were taking longer to cross the submerged tracks. Western Railway said its services are running normally.
Waterlogging in Kurla area of Mumbai after haevy rains ( Kunal Patil/HT photo )Waterlogging was reported from some areas in the suburbs, especially across Andheri and Sion, as showers continued beyond 7am. People were seen walking through knee-deep water on roads as commuters waited to get on to crowded trains on several stations where tracks were flooded after the rains.
Widespread heavy rain was recorded in Mumbai and its suburbs between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. South Mumbai recorded 171.8mm of rain while the suburbs received 58.6mm from 11.30pm on Tuesday to 5.30am on Wednesday.
According to the weather department, 15.6mm to 64.4mm of rain is considered ‘moderate’, 64.5mm to 115.5mm ‘heavy’, 115.6mm to 204.4mm ‘very heavy’ and more than 204.5mm ‘extremely heavy’.
The weather bureau issued a Nowcast warning at 12.30am on Wednesday about intense rain over the next four hours. Before that, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast isolated heavy spells during the night.
IMD’s revised forecast on Wednesday morning said there will be intermittent rain with heavy showers in city and suburbs in the next 24 hours.
Mumbai recorded its second-highest July rain in a day on July 2 in 44 years after the flood on July 26, 2005, that killed more than 1,000 people. It was the highest with 944mm in 24-hours after the torrential downpour, especially in the suburbs. More than 30 people were killed after heavy rain brought a wall crashing down on shanties built on a hill slope in Malad, a western suburb of Mumbai.
