In pics: Mumbai braves heavy rain, rushes to work

Mumbai city news: Mumbai woke up to heavy downpour on Tuesday morning.

Despite the heavy rain, Mumbai officegoers stepped out for work on Tuesday morning.

A woman walks through the rain in Mumbai on Tuesday. (SATYABRATA TRIPATHY/HT)

A man balances his umbrella as he heads to work. (Satyabrata Tripathy/HT)

While the heavy rain led to traffic snarls on Mumbai’s western express highway on Tuesday morning, the traffic situation across the city, however, was normal.

Some chose to step out in style. (Satyabrata Tripathy/HT)

Snarls were reported at the start of JVLR.

Why should rain take away the cheer? (Satyabrata Tripathy/HT)

No major traffic jams were reported on the eastern express highway, with heavy snarls only on Sion flyover.

Like this man, the dog too is rain-ready. (Satish Bate/HT)

The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has alerted of heavy downpour till July 20 and asked residents to leave home only when necessary.

People wade through a waterlogged street in Thane. (Praful Gangurde)

It is likely to rain through the week, the IMD has predicted.

The traffic on the western express highway in Kandivli. (Pramod Thakur/HT)

Motorists had a harrowing time reaching office.