A train that was forced to stop ahead of Kurla station in Mumbai. (Express photo by Amit Chakravarty)India Monsoon Live Updates: Heavy rainfall continued to lash Mumbai on Saturday morning, with moderate to heavy showers expected to persist both in the city and in its surrounding suburbs for the next 48 hours. According to the IMD’s latest prediction, there is also a possibility of very heavy rainfall at a few places over the next two days.
Meanwhile, due to a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal, the monsoon season is expected to arrive in Delhi and most of north India ahead of schedule on June 15. Pre-monsoon showers are expected in the National Capital from today onwards, the IMD said.
Farely widespread rainfall with isolated bouts of heavy rainfall is expected in Bihar, UP, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Sikkim, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana over the next 5-6 days, the IMD’s latest bulletin stated. The rest of the northern region, excluding Rajasthan, will experience scattered showers.
Following torrential rainfall over the last three days, Mumbai has clocked in 565.2 mm rain, more than the monthly average rainfall of 505 mm, in just the first 11 days of monsoon.
Mumbai received 107mm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 8:30 am on Friday, according to the automatic weather station at Santacruz. The city had recorded the highest monthly rainfall at 1106.7 mm in 2015.
The Maharashtra capital is expected to receive heavy showers from Friday night to Tuesday and record at least 200 mm of rain in the coming days.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert (take action) for Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Ratnagiri for Sunday with a forecast of extremely heavy rain at isolated places. i.e., above 204.5 mm rain in 24 hours. Read the full report here.
The Bombay High Court on Friday appointed Justice J P Deodhar, a former judge of the high court, as commissioner to probe the incident of building collapse in suburban Malad here which claimed the lives of 12 persons including eight children. A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni earlier in the day ordered a judicial probe into the incident. The bench subsequently appointed Justice (retd) Deodhar as inquiry commissioner.
The inquiry will fix accountability for the incident, ascertain if the owner of the building had obtained a prior sanction for construction from municipal authorities, and if any planning or civic authority had taken action such as issuance of notices against the building in the past. A preliminary inquiry report should be submitted by June 24, the high court said.
During the hearing, the judges said they were immensely pained by the incident in which eight innocent children lost their lives. Those in charge of the municipal ward of Malvani area where the building stood must be held accountable, it said. (PTI)
Delhi is likely to see light to moderate intensity rain on Saturday accompanied by gusty winds, as per the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Pre-monsoon showers are expected to continue in Delhi until the arrival of the southwest monsoon around June 15, if meteorological conditions remain favourable, IMD officials said.
On Sunday, moderate intensity rain is forecast in the city with wind speeds of around 40 kmph, followed by light rain till Friday. Read the full report here.
Two days ago, the southwest monsoon arrived over Mumbai and north Konkan with a bang. The 24-hour rainfall recorded at many areas along the coast, including Mumbai, ranged between 150 mm and 230 mm.
Despite the monsoon arriving before schedule over Pune and three days ahead over Mumbai, the rainfall here at the start of the season this year has been a subdued one. Between June 6 and 10, the city (Shivajinagar) recorded only 3.7 mm of rain.
Officials at the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Pune, said the city will continue to receive mostly moderate-intensity (15.6 mm to 64.4 mm in 24 hours) rain till the middle of next week. Read the full report here.
Farely widespread rainfall with isolated bouts of heavy rainfall is expected in Bihar, UP, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Sikkim, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana over the next 5-6 days, the IMD’s latest bulletin stated. The rest of the northern region, excluding Rajasthan, will experience scattered showers.