07 July,2023 09:09 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Mumbai witnessed heavy showers on Friday as the rain intensity increased in the city. According to the Mumbai Traffic Police, the Andheri subway has been reopened for vehicular movement after it was temporarily closed due to waterlogging.
A tweet by the Mumbai Traffic Police, stated that the Andheri subway has been reopened.
Around 05.31 pm, the Mumbai Traffic Police had tweeted about temporarily shutting down the subway due to waterlogging and the traffic was diverted to Vile Parle bridge & Captain Gore Marg S.V road.
Further, updating about the traffic in the city, the Mumbai Traffic Police stated that there is slow moving traffic in Kanjurmarg and at Sahara Star Ramnagar Subway due to waterlogging issue.
The Mumbai Traffic Police, tweeted, "Due to water logging, vehicular movement is slow at Gandhinagar Junction, Kanjur Marg"
Meanwhile, IMD Mumbai has issued a 'yellow' alert for the next 48 hours. The IMD Mumbai predicts heavy rainfall in isolated places in the city.
According to the Regional Meteorological Centre, Mumbai City received 16 mm of rain and eastern suburbs and western suburbs received 39 mm and 32 mm of rain respectively in the last 12 hours
A high tide of about 4.69 meters is expected to hit Mumbai at 3.10 pm today, stated Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The civic body also said that a low tide of about 1.31 metre is expected at 9.22 pm today
