Mumbai: Heavy rain throws Mumbai,he Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mumbai’s apex civic body, on Friday issued an alert asking residents to stay inside their houses and not to send their children to schools in the wake of heavy rain forecast today.
According to the media reports, the BMC issued the alert after heavy rains lashed the city last night, causing severe waterlogging and traffic snarls at several locations and hitting train services in Mumbai.
The city may witness one or two spells of heavy rain today too, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD has warned of heavy rainfall in Mumbai, coastal Konkan and other parts over the next two days accompanied by strong winds touching 60 knots and very rough seas.
Mumbai recorded an average rainfall of about 188mm in the past 24 hours. Peoples are well advised to stay indoors and permitted to travel only in case of emergency, said Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. The Municipality-run schools will remain suspended for the next 24 hours, said the board. Mumbai University has also cancelled the practical and theory exams that were scheduled to be happened on Friday.
Many private colleges have postponed their scheduled program for Friday due to rain. The normal life has been affected in many areas of Mumbai city as the rainwater remains undrained. The disaster management cell said, there was heavy tide between 1.30 PM to 3.00 PM accompanied by rainfall.
The city received 60.34 mm rainfall, while the eastern and western suburbs received 57.48 mm and 64.92 mm rainfall, respectively between 8 am to 8 pm on Thursday. The relative humidity was 93 percent at Colaba and Santacruz IMD stations.
The city has also seen high tides in the last four days, with the level going up to 4.5 metres on Thursday afternoon. At least 19 trees fell due to rains. Of these, 11 were in the island city, four each in the western and eastern suburbs.out of gear,
Bureau Report
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