...
...
Next Story

Heavy rains continue to lash Mumbai

Normal life was paralysed for the second day on Sunday as heavy rains continued to lash the city with rail and air traffic as well as road transport badly disrupted, following water-logging in several places.

Updated on: Jun 08, 2008 04:52 PM IST
Advertisement

Normal life was paralysed for the second day on Sunday as heavy rains continued to lash the city with rail and air traffic as well as road transport badly disrupted, following water-logging in several places.

HT Image
HT Image

At least three persons were killed so far in different incidents of electrocution, wall collapse since yesterday when the city witnessed its first showers this weekend.

The monsoon struck the city ahead of schedule and the Municipal Corporation is once again "taking a nap", with several areas facing water logging despite claims by the local administration that it was fully geared to beat any eventuality.

Municipal commissioner Jairaj Pathak told reporters that the civic body has made all possible preparations for the monsoon but heavy rains and high tide caused the water logging.

He said during the monsoon on a average a city gets over 40 mm of rainfall daily. However, the city received 161 mm in the first rains yesterday due to which water logging took place.

As it was a weekend many offices and schools were closed.

 
Follow India news real-time updates and the latest news covered on Hindustan Times, featuring today's critical updates on Sonam Wangchuk Hunger Strike LIVE and more across India.
Follow India news real-time updates and the latest news covered on Hindustan Times, featuring today's critical updates on Sonam Wangchuk Hunger Strike LIVE and more across India.
SHARE THIS ARTICLE ON
Hindustantimes wants to start sending you push notifications. Click allow to subscribe