05 August,2016 01:00 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
Heavy rains since Friday morning flooded many parts of Mumbai, disrupting rail and road traffic as well as flights. Here's all you want to know before you plan to venture out
Mumbai rains, Mumbai local trains, Mumbai traffic, updates, water-logging
Heavy rains since Friday morning flooded many parts of Mumbai, disrupting rail and road traffic as well as flights, officials said.
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The downpour led to waterlogging in parts of south and central Mumbai as well as eastern and western suburbs, leading to major traffic snarls in the morning peak hour.
Traffic crawled at a snail's pace on major thoroughfares like Eastern Express and Western Express highways and major north-south roads, delaying tens of thousands.
Suburban train services on Western Railway, Central Railway and Harbour Line ran 15-30 minutes late.
The Central Railway was hit due to flooded tracks near Sion-Kurla. The cascading effect affected the other two lines.
All domestic and international flights to and from Mumbai reported around 30 minutes delay due to heavy rains, low visibility and air congestion.
Though were were no diversions or cancellations, there were three go-arounds and consequent delays, airport officials said.
Besides Mumbai, the adjoining districts of Thane, Palghar and Raigad were also lashed by heavy rains, slowing traffic on all major routes linking Mumbai with Ahmedabad, Pune, Nashik and Goa.
The IMD has forecast very heavy rains over Mumbai and coastal Konkan region over the next 48 hours.
As a precaution, all major services like the police, fire brigade, NDRF and others are in a state of high alert.
Areas in Mumbai with traffic issues
- Dadar circle to Shivaji Park completely jammed.
- Slow moving traffic at Hill Road Garden.
- Route from Bandra East to Mahim Causeway jammed. Commuters are advised to take the first left to go to Mahim, via Raheja Hospital.
- Heavy traffic between Chakala Metro Station and Airport Road Station in Andheri Kurla Road.
- Slow moving traffic at Thane-Belapur road from Kalwa naka to Airoli Mindspace.
- Traffic is slow moving towards Kalina.
- Traffic at SCLR moving slow towards EEH.
- Vakola flyover traffic is moving slow.
- Andheri Kurla road traffic Jam starting JB nagar towards Marol Naka.
- Eastern Freeway south bound traffic....heavy jamming at Bhakthi park.
- Traffic is completely jam from kandivali to Andheri. Avoid WEH. Use alternative.
- Powai to Seepz slow moving and raining.
- Arterial roads in Bandra West are waterlogged, Linking Road near talao is jammed.
- Linking Road near talao is jammed.
Waterlogging reported at the following places in the city...
- Hindmata-Parel
- Sion Road no.24
- Pratiksha Nagar, Sion
- Mulji Rathod Marg-Mazgaon
- Road leading to Elphinstone Bridge West flooded.
- Arterial roads in Bandra West are waterlogged,
- Water logging at Dr. Ambedkar Road towards Dadar TT.
Status of trains in Mumbai so far
Western: Both up and down local trains delayed by 5 to 10 Mins.
Central: Waterlogging between Kurla-Sion, which has led to submerging of railway tracks, therefore trains are running late by 25-30 minutes. Commuters are advised to make note of this and plan commute accordingly.
Cancelled Trains:
10:06am Kalyan Slow local from Thane Station cancelled for today
10:41am Kurla Slow local from Kalyan Station cancelled for today.
Harbour: Both up & down local trains are delayed by 10 to 15 Minutes.
Cancelled Trains:- 10:21am CST Slow local from Nerul Station cancelled for today.
Trans Harbour: Both up & down local trains are running on time'
NOTE:- Trains that are on time might have a 3-to-5 minute fluctuation.
Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta was monitoring the situation in view of the heavy downpour. "There were reports of waterlogging at Hindmata and Gandhi Market in Sion, but pumps were in operation to flush out the water from there," he said.
An official from IMD, Mumbai region, said, "There could be heavy to very heavy rains in Konkan region in coming 48 hours while central Maharashtra region can witness heavy to very heavy rain in next 24 hours".
During the last 24 hours, several areas in the state received heavy rains - Mahabaleshwar (159.6 mm), Radhanagari in Kolhapur (128.0) mm, Poladpur in Raigad (84mm), Matheran (72mm), Ratnagiri (71.8 mm) and Harnai weather station recorded 81.7 mm rainfall.
- with inputs from agencies
