In view of the Red Alert Warning of India Meteorological Department (IMD) of heavy rains in Mumbai city and its suburban areas yesterday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced that all government, private and municipal schools and colleges in the city and suburbs will remain closed today. A post shared by BMC states that this decision has been taken as a precautionary step to ensure the safety of students and employees, given heavy rains, waterlogging and the possibility of traffic disruptions. Meanwhile, Mumbai has been receiving heavy rains since Monday morning, due to which local trains are running late due to reduced visibility and waterlogging in some places. Both the mainline and the harborrline are running a delay of about 10 to 15 minutes. The administration is on high alert and all necessary precautions are being taken to avoid any accident in heavy rains.
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Dr. Swapnil Dhanraj Neela, CPRO of Central Railway, cited local news about the problem of waterlogging at some places and said that according to the report available so far, only 3-4 stations on the Harbor line Kurla, Chembur, Tilaknagar have some problems of waterlogging and the points have been closed for about 10-15 minutes on these stations. On the main line, the delay is about 8–10 minutes, but it is mainly due to low speed due to heavy visibility due to heavy rains, which have been reported from Karjat to Kalyan, Kalyan to Kalyan, as well as Kalyan to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
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The CPRO assured that the administration is ready for an emergency and said additional employees, especially engineering employees have been deployed at various places where there is a possibility of waterlogging already. Adequate drainage materials have been provided to them and motors of high -capacity pumps have also been provided at many places.