Mumbai rain highlights: Red alert issued for Raigad; intense rain to continue

IMD on Thursday issued “red alert” for Raigad district in Maharashtra as the weather department earlier said that moderate to intense rain will continue over night in other parts of Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar.

IMD said intermittent moderate to intense spells of rain to continue over parts of Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar during the next 3-4 hours. Currently intense spells of rain very likely over parts of north eastern suburbs, Thane and Raigad. (ANI)

As heavy rains lashed Mumbai and adjoining areas, Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation is operating free bus services from major railway stations for the convenience of commuters on Wednesday night.

MSRTC said its Mumbai and Thane divisions have planned to operate more than 100 buses for free from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Dadar, Kurla, Thane, Kalyan and other major stations up to various residential areas.

(Input from wires)

"CM Eknath Shinde ordered State Transport buses to ferry passengers stuck in the railway station due to the ongoing heavy rains in Mumbai and the surrounding area, according to which the transport corporation has taken immediate action.

Mumbai and Thane division of ST has provided more than 100 buses to important railway stations like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Dadar, Kurla, Thane, and Kalyan. The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation has planned to provide free transportation of passengers from these railway stations to their residential areas by buses.

This bus service has made it possible for workers in the Mumbai area to reach home safely without any inconvenience." the chief minister's office tweeted.

A 25-year-old man, Chandan Dilip Shaha fell in a water stream in Malad (East). The area was thoroughly searched by firemen with anchor hook & rope manila with police & local public.

Search for the fallen person was stopped at 8:15pm due to heavy rain, darkness & flow of water.

All schools in Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar will remain shut on Thursday due to heavy rains, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced on Wednesday. READ FULL REORT

Raigad District Collector Yogesh Mhase announces that all schools and colleges in the district will remain closed tomorrow in the wake of heavy rain here, ANI reported.

IMD has issued an Orange alert for Raigad.

Avg Rainfall details on Wednesday from 8am to 8pm \

Island City: 64.32 mm

Eastern Suburbs: 57.10 mm

Western Suburbs: 66.17 mm

Heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected over parts of Konkan and adjoining ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra during the next 24 hours, the Regional Meteorological Center forecasted.

Chief Minister @mieknathshinde visited the control room of the Ministry's Disaster Management Department and took stock of the situation in the flood-prone areas of the state.

On this occasion, the Chief Minister learned about the situation in Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Pune, Satara and Gadchiroli. Also directed the administration to keep the district-level disaster management system alert.

"All the emergency agencies NDRFs, SDRFs and Municipal cooperations, everyone is on alert mode. They are working on rescue operations and assure the public gets proper relief facilities. Since morning I am in contact with the Secretaries and DMs, and people are being shifted to safe places," CM Eknath Shinde said, ANI reported.

Rescheduling of Mail express trains due to water logging in Mumbai division-

1) 15066 Panvel(PNVL) to Gorakhpur Junction(GKP) Exp- will depart at 20.00 hrs

2)12109 Mumbai CSMT(CSMT) to Manmad Junction(MMR) Exp- will depart at 20.35 hrs

3)11013 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT)- Coimbatore (CBE) Exp- will depart at 23.35 hrs

4) 12141 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus(LTT) to Patliputra Junction(PPTA) Exp- will depart at 02.00 hrs (Thursday)

A six-month-old baby girl fell into a nullah as stranded commuters cross it in heavy rain. Search operation by Kalyan GRP and the fire brigade was on. The woman identified as Yogita Rumal, 30, a resident of Hyderabad, came to Mumbai with her baby girl Hrishita Rumal. The baby was undergoing treatment in KEM hospital and was residing near Kalyan.

CM Eknath Shinde taking stock of the situation from the control room in Mumbai.

Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde said that the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport Undertaking (BEST) has been asked to deploy more buses to ferry people in view of disruption in suburban train network. In Thane districts MSRTC will deploy more buses.

A 20-year-old man clung to a tree branch for about an hour in swirling waters of Waldhuni river in Kalyan city in Thane district of Maharashtra before he was rescued on Wednesday, an official said.

The man fell into the river while walking on a flooded road amid heavy rains at around 3 pm, a Fire Brigade official said.

On receiving the information, a team of Fire Brigade personnel rushed to the spot and rescued the man, he added. (PTI)

The Central Railway informed that Kalyan-Kasara section has been restored to normal at 5:25pm. 

“All points failures of Kalyan station are put right. Ambarnath-Badlapur DOWN section restored to Normal at 17.50 hrs. Badlapur-Ambarnath UP section restoration remained”, it added. 

Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde visited control room of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to take stock of rain situation in the city and suburbs. 

Considering the rain situation, staffers of all government offices in Mumbai and surrounding areas have been allowed to leave their offices early, said chief minister Eknath Shinde.

A 4-month-old baby slipped and fell into flowing water as her parents were walking after getting off of a local train near Kalyan.

Chief minister Eknath Shinde says he has alerted administration of districts receiving heavy rainfall. Personnel of NDRF and SDRF have been deployed for rescue operations in affected areas, he said.

Raite bridge on Ulhas river in Thane district is completely submerged in water. Kalyan Murbad Marg has been closed. The district administration has appealed to avoid traveling through this route. Rain has increased in this area. (translated from Marathi to English)

IMD issues an Orange alert on July 20 for Thane, Palghar, Raigad and Ratnagiri and a Yellow alert for Mumbai.