Mumbai crawls as heavy rains cause waterlogging, traffic snarls; BMC issues high tide alert

Mumbai: Heavy rains since Friday morning flooded many parts of Mumbai, causing waterlogging and traffic snarls at various places while also disrupting movement of trains and flight operations.

The downpour led to waterlogging in parts of south and central Mumbai as well as eastern and western suburbs, leading to major traffic snarls in the morning peak hour.

Heavy rain lashes Mumbai, water logging triggers traffic jams in many parts of the city. pic.twitter.com/23HyPdxCxh — ANI (@ANI_news) August 5, 2016

Traffic crawled at a snail's pace on major thoroughfares like Eastern Express and Western Express highways and major north-south roads, delaying tens of thousands.

Heavy Jam on Eastern Express Highway too » Photo from Kopri in Thane. pic.twitter.com/ggfu1KNGVA

— MUMBAI NEWS (@Mumbaikhabar9) August 5, 2016

Suburban train services on Western Railway, Central Railway and Harbour Line ran 15-30 minutes late.

 

 

The Central Railway was hit due to flooded tracks near Sion-Kurla. The cascading effect affected the other two lines.

Scenes at Sion Station #MumbaiRains @RidlrMUM pic.twitter.com/4PBEk9uZJX — CentralRailway (@CRailwayMumbai) August 5, 2016

All domestic and international flights to and from Mumbai reported around 30 minutes delay due to heavy rains, low visibility and air congestion.

Mumbai: Heavy rain lashes the city, water logging in many parts causes lot of distress to the locals pic.twitter.com/ZnDpphix3W — ANI (@ANI_news) August 5, 2016

Though were were no diversions or cancellations, there were three go-arounds and consequent delays, airport officials said.

Maharashtra: Water logging in parts of Mumbai due to heavy rains pic.twitter.com/R43DtpzTsC — ANI (@ANI_news) August 5, 2016

Besides Mumbai, the adjoining districts of Thane, Palghar and Raigad were also lashed by heavy rains, slowing traffic on all major routes linking Mumbai with Ahmedabad, Pune, Nashik and Goa.

Ridlr Mumbai tweeted a video of waterlogging at Hindmata.

#मुंबईअलर्ट-रस्ते, लोकल आणि हवाई वाहतुकीवर परिणाम, Hindamata Vis @mumbairailusers @RidlrMUM @mumbaitraffic pic.twitter.com/vALlfuaPW2 — Mayank Bhagwat (@mayankbhagwat) August 5, 2016

The IMD has forecast very heavy rains over Mumbai and coastal Konkan region over the next 48 hours.

As a precaution, all major services like the police, fire brigade, NDRF and others are in a state of high alert.