Mumbai rains: Central and Harbour line local trains disrupted; BEST buses diverted due to waterlogging in several areas

MUMBAI: Normal life was thrown out of gear at several places in Mumbai and Thane due to heavy rains on Friday.
The city has been experiencing moderate to intense spells of rain since Thursday night. Waterlogging in several parts of the city threw traffic movement out of gear. Despite the civic body's claims about pre-monsoon work, waterlogging was witnessed in several parts of the city including Wadala, Kurla, Chunabhatti, Sion, Bandra, Andheri, Jogeshwari and Santacruz.
Due to heavy rains and waterlogging on slow line near Kurla -Vidyavihar, local trains are running 20-25 minutes late. Slow line traffic between Kurla -Vidyavihar is diverted on fast line. Harbour line is also running 20-25 minutes late.
Routes of some BEST buses in the city were also diverted.

The Mumbai police has requested Mumbaikars not to step out of their homes.
Mumbai city received 64.45mm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 8:30 am on Friday. The eastern suburbs have recorded 120.67 mm rains and western suburbs 127.16 mm. A high tide of 4.08 metres is expected at 4:26 pm.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert indicating heavy rains in parts of Mumbai, Thane and Palghar. A yellow alert indicates heavy rain at isolated places and orange indicates heavy to very heavy rains at isolated places being very likely.

The weather department had issued an orange alert for Pune, Raigad, Kolhapur and Satara indicating heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places and a red alert for Ratnagiri district.
Fishermen are advised not to venture along and off the North and South Maharashtra-Goa coast.
IMD Colaba and Santacruz observatories have reported 1055.6 mm and 1291.6 mm rainfall since June 1.
However, the lakes that supply potable water to Mumbai have not received much rain. The total water stock stands at 2.5 lakh million litres or 17% of the total required stock. On July 13, 2020, the total water stock was 3.39 lakh million litres.