The monsoon outbreak has gripped the entire country, and Maharashtra has been the most affected. In Mumbai, many areas received more than 200 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours, with the highest 255.5 mm rainfall in Vikhroli in the eastern suburbs, which submerged the roads and turned into virtual ponds. Many parts of the city including Borivali, Andheri, Sion, Dadar and Chembur continued to rain overnight and the rain continued in the morning, resulting in waterlogging in the low -lying areas including Gandhi Market. Schools and colleges in Mumbai were closed in view of continuous rains and ‘Red Alert’ warning issued by IMD, in which excessive heavy rains are expected at different places here on Tuesday and neighboring cities.
In Mumbai and surrounding areas, heavy rains were not relieved on Tuesday, causing water to the low -lying areas in the morning, delay in suburban rail services and traffic jams in many places. Schools and colleges in Mumbai have been closed in view of continuous rains and the release of ‘Red Alert’ by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD has projected heavy rains at different places in Mumbai and surrounding cities on Tuesday.
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The Directorate of Higher Education has declared a holiday in all colleges in Konkan region of Maharashtra in view of heavy rains. This order is for colleges in Palghar, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts. A day after heavy rains in Mumbai, on Tuesday also the metropolitan people faced problems due to rain. Many roads remained full of water since morning and there was a problem of traffic jam. According to officials, suburban railway services were delayed and due to waterlogging on the roads, there was a change in the route of bus services of Brihanmumbai Power Supply and Transport (Best) undertaking at some places.
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Many parts of the city including Borivali, Andheri, Sion, Dadar and Chembur received heavy rains overnight, which continued in the morning, due to which there was waterlogging in the low -lying areas including Gandhi Bazaar. According to local officials, Mumbai recorded more rainfall than the suburbs between 5 am and six in the morning.
Mumbai Central, Parel, Grant Road, Malabar Hill, Dadar, Worli and some other areas recorded 40 mm to 65 mm of rain in just one hour, causing waterlogging at many places. A local official said that Mumbai, eastern and western suburbs received an average of 128.86 mm, 154.37 millimeters and 185.74 mm respectively between 8 am and 6 am on Tuesday morning.
According to data from India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mumbai’s Vikroli suburb received the highest 194.5 mm of rain in 21 hours from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm on Monday. IMD reported that during this period, Santa Cruz received 185 mm, Juhu 173.5 mm, Bhaiyakhala 167 mm and Bandra 157 mm. Colaba and Mahalakshmi regions recorded comparatively low rainfall. There was 79.8 mm and 71.9 mm of rain respectively.