Mumbai Rains LIVE Updates: City gets intermittent showers; domestic flights cancelled

Live updates of the heavy rainfall in Mumbai and surrounding areas. Schools and colleges to remain closed today. Suburban train service hit

JUST IN | Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL): Around 70 domestic arrivals and 81 domestic departures have been cancelled.

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Shiv Sena trolled on social media as rains cripple Mumbai

The Shiv Sena, which has been ruling the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for over two decades, was trolled on social media as the city came to a standstill after incessant rains, which claimed at least 21 lives in a wall collapse here on July 2.
Train Updates: Central Railway

Central Railway resumes local train services partially. Four special services operating from CSMT to Kalyan, Badlapur, Karjat and Titwala. Also, one special train from Thane to Dadar.
Update: BMC says six of its pumping stations have pumped out more than 14,000 million litres of water and discharged it into the sea.
Political analyst DK Giri to News18: You cannot prevent a disaster, but you must mitigate it. What is the Chief Minister (Devendra Fadnavis) doing?
Update:

On wall collapse in Malad East: 21 dead and 78 injured in the incident where a wall collapsed on hutments in Pimpripada area, due to heavy rainfall.

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Additional Municipal Commissioner Ashwini Joshi, on the Malad wall collapse, told CNN News18, "We will inquire about Malad incident, the slums were built illegally there. It was forest department land, we had told all our assistant commissioners to be on duty since 1 am yesterday."

"There were high tides of about 4.92 metres at 11.30 am, that is why we couldn't pump out water on the central line. 53 flooding spots were identified last night," he added.
Update from GoAir:

Due to heavy rains that have caused flight disruptions, GoAir is accommodating impacted customers on alternate GoAir flights within 24 hours (3rd July) subject to availability. Customers who cancel flights for today/within 24 hours will receive full refund.

– ANI
15-year-old girl trapped beneath wall collapse debris dies

Efforts by rescue workers in the congested Pimpripada area of north Mumbai to get a 15-year- old girl out of the debris of a wall which collapsed, proved futile as she was brought out dead.

The toll in the wall collapse tragedy rose to 19, with the body of the girl, Sanchita Ganore, being brought out of the debris in the afternoon, almost 12 hours after she was trapped beneath it. A doctor on the spot said the medical team tried their best but couldn't save her. (PTI)
In a tweet, BMC has said that its six pumping stations pumped out more than 14,000 million litres of water and discharged it into the sea. This, it claims, is more than the combined capacity of Tulsi and Vihar lakes.
A regional news channel has reported that Central Railway ran four special suburban trains from CSMT on the down line, to Thane and beyond, a while back. Services have not normalised on the route yet. Moneycontrol could not independently verify this report.
Central Railway has cancelled 11041 Mumbai-Chennai Express JCO 2.7.2019.
Mumbai airport has said: Currently, the secondary runway is in use. Our team is trying their best to bring the main runway back in operation and this may take up to 48 hours.
Mumbai Rains Live Updates | What we know so far:

> At least 23 people died in separate rain-related incidents in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region
> IMD has predicted ‘heavy’ to ‘very heavy’ rainfall in the next 48 hours
> Maharashtra government has declared a public holiday
> Suburban train service has been affected. Only some sections are functional
> 1,000 people evacuated from Kurla's Kranti Nagar
> Schools and colleges in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai to remain shut today
> Waterlogging has been reported in several areas
> Mumbai airport operations have been affected
> Many express trains have been cancelled or short terminated
Mumbai Rains Live Updates | India Meteorological Department: ‘Heavy’ to ‘very heavy’ rainfall expected in Mumbai and suburban parts in next 48 hours. Similar situation expected in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha and Marathwada regions.

Tourists have been advised to not visit mountain areas.
Update: WR will run a special train between Dadar and Valsad. The train will depart from Dadar at 6.25 pm and will have 23 coaches. It will halt at all stoppages of 59023 MMCT-Valsad fast passenger.
The chief minister has ordered shifting of people living in hutments along hill slopes, citing possibility of heavy rain in the coming days.
Slums have come up along nullahs. We will have to be tough and remove these structures. Some people will get affected. But, we must not compromise: CM Fadnavis
CM Fadnavis has said that the municipal corporation had undertaken the task to remove illegal encroachments near the city’s nullahs.
The chief minister is talking about the Brihanmumbai Stormwater Disposal System (BRIMSTOWAD) project and its current status. He has said that five out of the seven planned pumping stations have been built.
CM Fadnavis is talking about the wall collapse incident that happened in Malad. The incident left at least 18 people dead.