Mumbai rain highlights: City is likely to receive heavy rainfall during the next 2 days, says IMD

The IMD in its prediction has said that Mumbai is likely to receive heavy rainfall during the next two days.

Survivors of the landslide at Irshalwadi village in Maharashtra's Raigad district will be provided temporary shelter in 60 shipping containers requisitioned by the district administration, said an official at the Konkan divisional headquarters on Friday. As per the Raigad district disaster management office, of the 229 residents of the village, located on a hill slope around 80km from Mumbai, 22 died in the July 19 landslide, while ten others were injured.

Ganeshotsav mandals in Mumbai have launched efforts to help rehabilitate victims of the Raigad landslide. Lalbaugcha Raja mandal has despatched a team for relief operations.

Due to heavy rains, 77 suburban train services were delayed on Western Railway by 5-10 minutes today, an official said.

The Pali Wakan road in Raigad developed cracks due to incessant rainfall on Friday. The state of Maharashtra and other parts of the country received surplus rainfall this monsoon season owing to damages in multiple parts of the country.

"We carried out a search and rescue operation with three of our dogs and one of our dogs detected two bodies today. We are facing many challenges and are unable to take our latest machinery to the (landslide-hit) site, said an NDRF official.

The city received 73.62mm of rainfall on Friday. Roads remained waterlogged due to the intense rain and people found it difficult to commute.

The rescue operation has been suspended for today due to inclement weather conditions and heavy rains. It will continue tomorrow morning. “Today teams recovered total 06 bodies of which three were male and three female,” said NDRF.

Most parts of the city and suburbs witnessed a heavy spell of rains, which caused waterlogging in some low-lying areas at Andheri, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Chembur and some other places. The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Ltd diverted buses on more than 12 routes due to waterlogging in Sion in the afternoon, an official said. The services were later restored.

BEST bus routes plying from Hindmata have been restored. Earlier, the BEST diverted three bus routes of 355, 357 and 360 via Chembur naka after water logging occurred in Shel Colony, Chembur since 2.25pm.

The death toll in Irshalwadi landslide incident rises to 21, CM Shinde on Friday said that the cabinet has taken the decision of relocation of people in landslide prone villages in the state.

IMD has issued a 'Red' alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall for the Palghar district for tomorrow; 'Orange' alert has been issued for Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Ratnagiri.

Trains started running from 15.10 hrs. Harbour line trains running late by 20-30 minutes.

Death toll has risen to 20 as two more bodies were recovered from Maharashtra's Irshalwadi.

The BEST has diverted three bus routes of 355, 357 and 360 via Chembur naka after water logging occurred in Shel Colony, Chembur since 2.25pm. Also, as Hindmata is flooded, the BEST bus routes of C/40, A/368 and 212 have been diverted via Naigaon since 2.35pm.

Two more bodies were recovered from the debris in Irshalwadi. Death toll has mounted to 18.

Down Harbour line from Wadala to Mankhurd section Suburban traffic closed as safety precautionary measure from 14.45 hrs.

Heavy rains lashed Mumbai on Friday, inundating low-lying areas and disrupting vehicular traffic in the city and its suburbs. Most parts of the city and suburbs witnessed a heavy spell of rains, which caused waterlogging in some low-lying areas at Andheri, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Chembur and some other places.

Due to water logging at Sion Road No.24, the planned route between Sion Circle to Sion Station signal has been closed.

IMD said Friday afternoon that moderate to intense spells of rain very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Thane, Raigad, Mumbai and ghat areas of Pune during next 3-4 hours.

A baby crocodile was found in a nullah (drain) at Mulund Yogi Hill Ghati Pada in Thane around Thursday evening. The reptile will checked medically and released into the wild with the help of the forest department.

Maharashtra CM announced an ex-gratia of ₹5 lakh to the families of the deceased in Raigad landslide incident.

Mumbai weather is likely to improve over the next three to four days, the weather office predicted Thursday.

Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said that two Indian Air Force helicopters deployed for the rescue work were unable to fly from the Mumbai airport due to the bad weather