Mumbai rain: streets waterlogged, train services hit, buses diverted

Updated : Jul 16, 2021 10:33
|
Editorji News Desk

Heavy rain brought Mumbai and neighbouring areas to a standstill on Friday as roads were waterlogged and train and bus services were hit.

News agency ANI posted a video of heavy rainfall in Wadala, as commuters waded through waterlogged roads. Due to heavy rain, trains are also running slow.

Videos online show commuters walking on railway track in Sion after heavy rain in the area. Buses have also been diverted on some routes, including Andheri, Chembur, among others.

Also watch: If you are fully vaccinated, you can enter Maharashtra without RT-PCR report

Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Palghar and other neighbouring regions have been receiving heavy rainfall since morning.

The Met department had issued an orange alert for Mumbai and Thane, indicating heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places and a red alert for Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Kolhapur and Satara districts.

Uddhav ThackerayBMCmumbaiIMDMumbai Rains

Recommended For You

editorji | India

Editorji Launches Hook Global, Its International Digital News Brand

editorji | India

'Operation Tiger is complete,' roars Shinde as 6 Uddhav MPs join his Sena; calls them Dhurandhar

editorji | India

Kashmiri Pandits should move on, stop being prisoners of past: Mehbooba

editorji | India

At least 15 dead as fire rips through Lucknow building, students among victims

editorji | India

SC seeks responses of Centre, States on plea for use of Aadhaar as identity proof only