Mumbai Rains Live updates: Red alert in city for 2 days; waterlogging in several areas

Amid the incessant rainfall in the city, 1 woman and 2 girls went missing after they fell in an open drain, located at the backside of their room in Trimurti Chawl in Santacruz East, today morning. NDRF teams are carrying out rescue operations.

BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal visits Andheri Subway, Milan Subway and Bandra East to take stock of the situation.

The India Meteorological Department issued a statement on the Mumbai rains saying that the intense rainfall was likely to continue in many parts of the city for the next three hours. 

Due to consistent rainfall throughout the night in Mumbai, a part of the hill on Western Express Highway near Malad collapsed on Tuesday morning disrupting traffic on the highway. 

While trains were initially being allowed till Bandra, following water-logging coupled with incoming high tide, local train services have been suspended on the Western Railway from Andheri to Churchgate. Trains to only operate between Virar and Andheri stations.

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Due to high tide resulting in water logging at Vadala and Parel suburban services are suspended on mainline & harbour line. No suburban trains are held up in between stations. Down mail/express trains are being rescheduled, says Central Railway. Shuttle services running between Vashi and Panvel, Thane, and Kalyan-beyond. No suburban trains being held up in stations. 

"Due to high tide resulting in water logging at Wadala and Parel suburban services are suspended on main line and harbour line. However, shuttle services are running between Vashi and Panvel & Thane and Kalyan-beyond," Central Railway's Chief Public Relation Officer Shivaji Sutar tweeted.
 

Two trains departing to Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur and Varanasi on Tuesday have been rescheduled by the Central Railways owing to heavy rainfall and waterlogging along its tracks. 

Due to heavy rainfall throughout the night in Mumbai, a part of the hill on Western Express Highway near Malad collapsed on Tuesday morning. In the visuals, it is seen that the landslide has resulted in a traffic jam. The authorities are working to clear the debris.

BMC warns of high tide at 12.47 pm, requests Mumbaikars to not venture close to the shores. 

Owing to waterlogging, vehicular movement along Hindmata Flyover, Andheri Subway, Malad Subway, Milan Subway, King Circle, Shindewadi and Dadar TT to be diverted, says Mumbai Police. 

Heavy rainfall throughout the night have led to waterlogging in several parts of Mumbai on Tuesday. Rainfall resumed in Mumbai and its suburbs on Monday morning as the monsoon strengthened over the Arabian Sea. The weather department has sounded a red alert for August 4 and August 5 for extremely heavy rain in Mumbai.

Education officials have been told to keep the BMC schools prepared if any emergency situation arises and people need shelter. The IMD said that extremely heavy rain will occur at isolated places in Mumbai, Thane and Raigad districts of Maharashtra on August 4 and August 5.

BEST bus services diverted on at least 8 routes in various parts of Mumbai city & suburbs, says Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. 

Due to heavy waterlogging at Dadar and Prabhadevi, all Western Railway routes to only run between Virar-Andheri-Bandra. Routes from Bandra-Churchgate stand suspended.  

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued an alert to all concerned departments and also to citizens. According to BMC, Mumbai city received 140.5 mm rain from 8 am on August 3 to 3 am on August 4. The Eastern and Western Suburbs recorded 84.77 mm and 79.27 mm of rainfall respectively. BMC issued suitable warnings and advisories to all coastal security agencies, disaster management department and Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).

Officers have also been put on alert in case evacuation is required when the water level of the Mithi river increases due to rains.