Jul 03, 2019 09:26 AM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com
Mumbai Rains LIVE Updates: Central Railway running suburban trains as per Sunday schedule today
Live updates of the heavy rainfall in Mumbai and surrounding areas. Heavy rainfall expected to continue today
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Here’s a quick update on the traffic situation as of 8.55 am: Heavy traffic on the north and south-bound arms of the Western Express Highway (WH) in Vile Parle close to the domestic airport terminal junction.
Heavy traffic on the south-bound arm of the Eastern Express Highway (EEH) near the JVLR intersection. Heavy traffic on the south-bound arm of the Eastern Freeway in some areas. (Image: Google Maps)
Update: According to officials, death toll in the Malad wall collapse incident has risen to 22 after one injured died yesterday evening.
Mumbai Rains Live Updates: BEST buses have resumed operations.
Mumbai Rains Live Updates: Western Railway suburban services are running normally. AC local services, which had be suspended yesterday, will resume today as per their schedule.
Monsoon is likely to move over to Maharashtra’s drought prone regions of Vidarbha, Marathwada. The regions may receive heavy rainfall.
Mumbai Rains Live Updates: IMD had said yesterday that ‘heavy’ to ‘very heavy’ rainfall is expected on July 3 (today) and tomorrow.
Mumbai Rains Live Updates: Both, the central and the western line suburban trains are functional. Central Railway suburban trains will run according to the Sunday schedule.
Mumbai Rains Live Updates: High tide of 4.78 meters is expected at 12.35 pm. A low tide of 1.48 meters is expected at 6.37 pm today.
Good morning! Welcome to Moneycontrol's LIVE coverage of the heavy rainfall in Mumbai and surrounding areas. We track the latest developments on this live blog.
Update:
Death toll in the Malad East wall collapse has increased to 22, ANI has reported.
JUST IN | Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL): Around 70 domestic arrivals and 81 domestic departures have been cancelled. (ANI)
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.
– ANI
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.