Mumbai Rains Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed anguish at the loss of lives caused by wall collapse incidents in Mumbai due to heavy rains. His office also announced Rs two lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund. A sum of Rs 50,000 would be given to the injured. President Ram Nath Kovind, too, condoled the deaths. “Deeply saddened by the news of many casualties in incidents following heavy rain in Mumbai’s Chembur and Vikhroli areas,” he said.
At least 21 people were killed in separate incidents of house collapse due to heavy rain in Mumbai. In one instance, a residential building collapsed in Mumbai’s Vikhroli area in the wee hours of Sunday, killing three people, according to the BMC. Meanwhile, several people were killed after a wall collapsed on some shanties in Chembur’s Bharat Nagar area due to a landslide.
Incessant overnight rains threw parts of Mumbai out of gear on Sunday with the city witnessing severe waterlogging, disruption of local train services and vehicular traffic. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Mumbai in the backdrop of heavy rains, a BMC official said. Moderate to heavy rain or thundershowers are very likely to occur in the city and its suburbs with a possibility of very heavy rainfall at a few places, the IMD said.
Five automatic weather stations across the city — Kandivali Fire station, Kandivali workshop, H east ward office, Vile Parle fire station, S ward office — has recorded over 100 mm rain in an hour between 1 and 2 am. The downpour has caused heavy flooding in low-lying areas of Chunabhatti, Sion, Dadar, and Gandhi Market, Chembur and Kurla LBS Road.
Three people were killed after a few huts collapsed in Surya Nagar in Panchsheel Chawl in Vikhroli east. (Express Photo)
Several areas across the city experienced water logging due to high intensity rains.
Over 35 streets and localities were inundated:
3-foot water at the low-lying Hindamata at Dadar
King Circle and Gandhi Market in Matunga
Wadala church
Shakkar Panchayat Chowk
Ambika Mill
Nair hospital in Mumbai Central
Sangam Nagar, Wadala
Madkebua Chowk
Sion Road number 24
Breach Candy
Marine Lines
Sheetal Cinema, Kurla West
Anjanabai Nagar, Chembur
Mankhurd Railway station
Sion Railway station
Kurla Railway station
Trombay bridge
Swastik Nagar
Shell Colony, Chembur
RCF, Chembur
Anushkati Nagar, Chembur
Kurla bus depot
Nehru Nagar
Kalpana Cinema, Kurla
Sanjay Gandhi National Park premises in Borivali
National College, Bandra
SV Road from Kandivali to Bandra
Andheri market
Andheri subway
Milan Subway
Dahisar Subway
Bandra Talkies
Veera Desai Road, Andheri west
Vakola Bridge
BEST Nagar, Goregaon.
Four separate incidents of walls collapsing were reported in the last 24 hours due to heavy rainfall in Thane. Apart from this, water logging was also reported in 18 different locations. (ENS)
Incessant overnight rains threw parts of Mumbai out of gear on Sunday with the city witnessing severe waterlogging, disruption of local train services and vehicular traffic. The downpour has caused heavy flooding in low-lying areas of Chunabhatti, Sion, Dadar, and Gandhi Market, Chembur and Kurla LBS Road. Here are some glimpses of Nalasopara.
President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday condoled the loss of lives in Mumbai due to heavy rainfall. “Deeply saddened by the news of many casualties in incidents following heavy rain in Mumbai’s Chembur and Vikhroli areas,” he said.
"I express my condolences to the bereaved families and wish for successful relief and rescue work," he added.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been deployed across Mumbai to carry out rescue operations amidst heavy rains. Take a look.
Vihar lake, which supplies drinking water to residents of Mumbai, starts to overflow following heavy rainfall in the city.
Amidst incessant heavy showers, water supply in Mumbai took a hit on Sunday after flood water accumulated at BMC's Bhandup treatment plant. As a precautionary measure, the civic body has announced that it is shutting down all pumps in the city. (ENS)
Local train services in Mumbai have been affected on Central Main Line and Harbour Line due to incessant rainfall. Overnight rains threw parts of Mumbai out of gear on Sunday with the city witnessing severe waterlogging, disruption of local train services and vehicular traffic.