Mumbai rains (Representative image)
Rains continue to lash Mumbai and surrounding areas. Monsoon arrived late in Mumbai but it poured on arrival and how.
Heavy rains ensured that the delay for well compensated for. In two days, heavy showers ensured that 97% of required rainfall in the month of June was covered in just two days.
Heavy rains in the catchment areas has meant that water levels in dams that supply water to Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane are rising.
Here are the LIVE updates of Mumbai rains:
8:35 am - Senior officers monitoring the situation: Western Railways
Railway tracks in Palghar near Mumbai are submerged under water. This has started affecting trains on western line. Western Railways have said that senior officers are monitoring the situation and efforts are on to resolve problems.
8:27 am - Heavy rains at Palghar near, Mumbai have started to have an effect on trains. Palghar station comes under Western Railways. Here is the list of trains that have been cancelled/ short terminated.
Western Railway: Heavy water logging reported on tracks at Palghar at about 4.30 hrs due to incessant rains during the night. 12009 Mumbai Central - Shatabdi Express has been put back for one hour ex Mumbai Central as of now. Following Trains have been cancelled /short terminated pic.twitter.com/hri7WwOMOZ
— ANI (@ANI) July 1, 2019
7:38 am - Heavy showers in the early hours of Monday caused waterlogging
Maharashtra: Water logging at Sion circle in Mumbai after heavy rainfall in the city. pic.twitter.com/pQ4bElxjwO
— ANI (@ANI) June 30, 2019