Monsoon is likely to remain “vigorous” over the state, said IMD. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)Mumbai Rains Live Updates: Maharashtra Chief Minister held an emergency meeting to take stock of the flood situation in the Ratnagiri and Raigad districts. He has directed the Disaster Management units and concerned departments to stay alert and start rescue operations.
IMD has placed Raigad and Ratnagiri on red alert with chances of extremely heavy rain at isolated places on Thursday. Marathwada is very likely to receive widespread rainfall during the next one to two days.
Breaking an all time record of highest 24 hour rainfall in July, Mahabaleshwar recorded 480 mm rain with 24 hours ending at 8.30am on Thursday. Before this, the highest 24 hour rainfall was recorded on July 7, 1977 at 439.8 mm.
Meanwhile, in Mumbai at least 34 long-distance trains have been cancelled, 26 diverted and 34 short-terminated after the tracks got damaged due to landslides in certain sections.
Indian Navy teams will leave for the Konkan region, shortly, to join rescue operations in Ratnagiri, Chiplun and other areas of Konkan which are seeing heavy flooding, ANI reported.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has said that the Modak-Sagar and Tansa lakes, which supply water to Mumbai, started overflowing early morning Thursday. "Two gates of Modak-Sagar lake and one gate of Tansa lake have been opened," the BMC ws quoted as saying by BMC. Out of the seven lakes supplying water to Mumbai, four lakes have started flowing completely this rainy season, the civic body said.
The IMD has forecast that thunderstorms with lightning and light to moderate rainfall are very likely at many places in East Vidarbha on Thursday, an official was quoted as saying by PTI.
In its latest update, the weather department has warned that thunderstorms with lightning and light to moderate rainfall are very likely at many places in Nagpur (Katol, Ramtek), Wardha (Hinganghat), Chandrapur and Amravati divisions during the day. Isolated places in Akola, Bhandara, Yavatmal (Pusad) and Gadchiroli districts of Vidarbha are also likely to witness rainfall.
The massive flooding caused by incessant rain since last night has left hundreds of residents stranded at Chiplun city in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district. The Vashishti river, the lifeline of the city, is flowing above the danger mark, district officials said.
The water levels rose to eight to ten feet submerging the first floors of many houses. The state government has rushed two teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) along with rescue boats as Chiplun has been cut off from its adjoining cities. Read more.
Maharashtra Chief Minister held an emergency meeting to take stock of the flood situation in the Ratnagiri and Raigad districts. He has directed the Disaster Management units and concerned departments to stay alert and start recue operations, ANI reported.
Nearly 6,000 passengers were stranded as train services on the Konkan Railway route in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district were suspended on Thursday after a river overflowed following heavy rains in the area, officials said.
So far, nine trains have been regulated due to disruption of services on the route, they said.
Regulating trains means they have been either rerouted, short-terminated or cancelled.
Konkan Railway officals said these trains were at safe locations on different stations and the passengers in them were also safe and they were being provided food and water.
"In view of the safety of passengers, train services in this section are suspended temporarily," he said.
According to rail officials, 5,500-6,000 passengers were stranded in trains which were regulated at various stations on the Konkan Railway route. (PTI)
Thane is facing severe waterlogging and with the help of NDRF team rescue is being carried out. No casuality has been reported yet from Bhiwandi in Thane.
The heavy rains from Wednesday night disrupted train services of Central Railway in Mumbai, suspending several local and long-distance trains due to waterlogging and accumulation of mud and stones on the tracks. Authorities arranged buses for stranded passengers at two stations.
At least 34 long-distance trains have been cancelled, 26 diverted and 34 short-terminated after the tracks got damaged due to landslides in certain sections.
Central Railway CPRO Shivaji Sutar said, “Three trains are stranded at Kasara railway station. Helpdesk for stranded passengers, bus arrangements, continuous announcements, catering wherever possible is being done. Buses have been arranged for passengers of long-distance trains at Kasara and Badlapur.” Read more
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has deployed nine rescue teams in Maharashtra, including four in Mumbai, after heavy rains caused flooding in some coastal areas of the state on Thursday.
Mumbai, its neighbouring Thane and Palghar and other districts in the Konkan region have been witnessing heavy downpour since the last few days, leading to inundation at several places and disruption of rail and road transport services.
Water level of many rivers has risen and crossed the danger mark at some places.
An official statement issued by the NDRF said four of its teams have been deployed in Mumbai, and one each in Thane and Palghar districts.
One team will reach Chiplun town in Ratnagiri district by late afternoon.
Besides, two teams have been sent to Kolhapur district. One of it will undertake rescue or preventive evacuation in the flood-prone Shirol tehsil, while the other one will conduct rescue work in Kolhapur city, the NDRF said. (PTI)
On July 19, train services on the route were suspended for a day due to seepage of water in the Old Goa tunnel near Panaji.
The Konkan Railway has a 756-km-long track from Roha near Mumbai to Thokur, located close to Mangaluru.
The route, spread across three states- Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka - is one of the challenging terrains, as it consists of many rivers, gorges and mountains.
On Thursday, train services of the Central Railway in the Kasara Ghat section of Maharashtra's Thane district and near Lonavala hill town in Pune district adjoining Mumbai were also severely affected after heavy rains caused flooding, washing out of tracks, boulder crashes and mudslides in that region, officials said. (PTI)
The Konkan Railways suspended train services temporarily due to heavy rains resulting into rise in water level of Vashishiti river between Chiplun and Kamthe station in Ratnagiri. Trains were regulated at following stations:
# Train No 01134 Mangaluru Junction - Mumbai CSMT Special dated July 21 is regulated at Kamthe station from 5:17 am.
# Train No. 02617 Ernakulam - H. Nizamuddin Daily Special dated July 21 is regulated at Sangameshwar Road station from 7:36 am.
# Train No. 04695 Kochuveli - Amritsar Weekly Special dated July 21 is regulated at Ratnagiri station from 7:17 am.
# Train No. 06346 Thiruvananthapuram Central - Lokmanya Tilak (T) dated July 21 is regulated at Vilavade station from 8:06 am.
# Train No. 06072 Tirunelveli - Dadar Special dated July 21 is regulated at Rajapur Rd. station from 8:24 am
# Train No.06001 Thiruvananthapuram Central - H. Nizamuddin Special dated July 21 departed Verna station at 9:06 am.
# Train No. 01114 Madgaon - Mumbai CSMT ‘Mandovi’ Special dated Julyu 22 departed Majorda station at 09:08 am. Train No. 01003 Dadar - Sawantwadi Rd. Special dated July 22 is regulated at Chiplun station from 6:14 am.
# Train No. 01151 Mumbai CSMT - Madgaon ‘Janshatabdi’ Special dated July 22 is regulated at Khed station from 9:07 am.
The India Meteorological Department issued a red warning for Ratnagiri, Raigad, Pune, Kolhapur and Satara districts on Thursday, predicting extremely heavy rain in the areas.
The ghat areas of these districts have been warned against possible landslides and mudslides following incessant rains.
Rains have continued to batter Konkan and Madhya Maharashtra where some areas have recorded over 1,000 mm of rainfall in the last one week resulting in severe flooding and overflowing of rivers. Read more
Train services on the Konkan Railway route in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district were suspended on Thursday morning following heavy rains in the area, an official said.
Water level at the Vashishti river bridge between Chiplun and Kamathe stations in Ratnagiri crossed the danger mark after the heavy downpour, a spokesperson of the Konkan Railway said.
"In view of the safety of passengers, train services in this section are suspended temporarily," the spokesperson said.
The Konkan Railway has a 756-km-long track from Roha near Mumbai to Thokur, located close to Mangaluru.
The route, spread across three states- Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka - is one of the challenging terrains, as it consists of many rivers, gorges and mountains.
Train services of the Central Railway in the Kasara Ghat section of Thane district and near Lonavala hill town in Pune district adjoining Mumbai were also severely affected after heavy rains caused flooding, washing out of tracks, boulder crashes and mudslides in that region, officials said. (PTI)
In Bhiwandi taluka of Thane, a number of people stranded in the water-logged areas of Padgha, Kawad, Ganesh Nagar and Khairpada were rescued with the help of the NDRF and the Thane Disaster Response Force teams, tehsildar Adik Patil said.
A number of people were also rescued from flooded localities near the banks of the Kamwari river in Bhiwandi, another official said.
In Badlapur Wangni, 10 people and 70 animals were rescued from an ashram, officials said.
Besides, people stranded in some inundated areas of Kasara and Titwala in Thane were also shifted to zilla parishad schools, they said.
Thane's regional disaster management cell chief Santosh Kadam said they received 34 calls of tree falls in the city, but no one was injured in the incidents.
Four trees fell in Datta Wadi area of Mumbra, following which local firemen rushed to the spot.
As a precautionary measure, residents of six houses there were shifted, the official said.
Water entered some houses at Ganesh Nagar in the wee hours and around 40 people were later rescued from there by the disaster response teams, Kadam said.
The Nashik-Jawhar route was closed following a landslide and operations there are likely to resume by Thursday evening, Palghar Collector Dr Manik Gursal said in a message, and asked people to use the Trambak-Deogaon-Khodala route.
Various places witnessed flooding in Vasai, Virar and other locations in Palghar, but no loss of life was reported so far, officials said. (PTI)
Heavy rains pounded Maharashtra's Thane and Palghar districts adjoining Mumbai during the night and on Thursday morning, which caused inundation and boulder crashes at various places, disrupted train services and marooned some villages, officials said.
Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were roped in to rescue hundreds of stranded people, they said.
Rail tracks at Umbermali station near Kasara were "submerged up to the platform level" and there were boulder crashes in the Ghat section.
"Train services were suspended," district authorities said, adding that work to remove the boulders was underway.
A bridge at Sapgaon in Sahapur taluka of Thane suffered extensive damage due to the heavy downpour, tehsildar (revenue officer) Nilima Suryavanshi said, adding that no one was injured and traffic movement on the bridge was suspended.
The Modak Sagar dam in Sahapur started overflowing at 3.24 am on Thursday and two of its gates were opened to release the water, a message from the district headquarters said.
Some villages in the Sahapur taluka were marooned, Suryavanshi said, adding that local authorities with the help of the NDRF rescued hundreds of people from those places.
In Bhatsai village, which is located on a hillock, stranded people could not come out and were shifted to a school in the locality, she said.
In Vashind near Sahapur, flood waters entered a housing complex and its residents were shifted to a zilla parishad school with the help of the NDRF, the official said.
In Cherpoli, some stranded people were rescued with the help of boats, she said. (PTI)
Heavy Rainfall recorded from Wednesday 8.30am to Thursday 8.30am, following extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in Vidarbha and Madhya Maharashtra. Chances of very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Uttarakhand and heavy rainfall at isolated places over Konkan region.Cities like Mahabaleshwar recorded 48 cm rain, Akola recorded 20 cm rain. Whereas, Kolhapur, Bombay, Ratnagiri received 10 cm rain and Deeg & Satara received 9 cm rain on Thursday. (ENS, Mumbai)
Two lakes providing water supply to Mumbai began overflowing early this morning due to heavy rain in the Vaitarna basin. Likewise, Tansa lake in Shahapur tehsil at 3.30am and Modak sagar lake at 6.30am started to overflow. Both the lakes supply 100 million gallons per day to Mumbai. (ENS, Mumbai)