With the first pre-monsoon rains leading to traffic snarls on the streets and local trains services getting affected, Mumbai takes to Twitter to say that 'rain does make the pain worse'
Mumbaikars look for shade outside Kurla station as sudden showers take them by surprise in Mumbai on Friday evening. PIC/SNEHA KHARABE
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Friday ended on a pleasant note for many Mumbaikars, as pre-monsoon showers brought some much-needed relief from the hot and humid weather. But, those travelling by train and stuck in traffic jams had a harrowing experience as services were affectedly.
Like every year, even a drizzle in some parts of the city made travelling in the city, where construction of the Metro and other repair work has any way made road conditions troublesome and increased commuting time.
The five-minutes drizzle affected the local train services in Mumbai with local trains running late on the Harbour and Central line. Commuting was a pain even on the roads with huge traffic jams being witnessed on the Eastern Express Highway, Western Express Highway, SV Road and JJ Flyover on Friday evening. There were traffic jams even on the Thane Belapur road.
S V Road has congested traffic from Khar towards Bandra.#MumbaiTraffic https://t.co/5mMzKEnXxS
— Ridlr Mumbai (@RidlrMUM) May 12, 2017
All PNVL bound trains in Harbour line moving like snail @RidlrMUM
— Md Oliullah Abdal (@abdaloliullah) May 12, 2017
@RidlrMUM @AmhiDombivlikar Central Line :
— Mumbaitrainupdates (@Mumbaitrainupd8) May 12, 2017
Overhead breakdown at ghatkopar..
So lights were switched off
@RidlrMUM @AmhiDombivlikar 15 car fast train to Kalyan halted at ghatkopar for last 15 minutes due to rain showers at ghatkopar
— Mumbaitrainupdates (@Mumbaitrainupd8) May 12, 2017
Here’s how Twitterati reacted to the first rains:
First hint of rain and Harbor line croaks instantly. Good times.. #MumbaiRains
— Ravi Bhaskar (@ravibthefreak) May 12, 2017
Mumbai local trains services affected after rains in metro city; trains at Harbour & Central running late https://t.co/51Ev4LOBn9 @RidlrMUM
— Mumbai Railway Users (@mumbairailusers) May 12, 2017
Can't handle the Demo-version, what will be the state of the city during the seasonal downpour is not unpredictable #MumbaiRains #MumbaiCity https://t.co/vTlt5ROxLQ
— Hitesh Thakkar (@t_hitesh) May 12, 2017
#MumbaiRains affected harbour line (Mumbai local). Nothing new. Every year same thing. Nothing changed ðÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂu00c2u0098ÂÂu00c2u0090ðÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂu00c2u0098ÂÂu00c2u0090
— CS Satish jain (@searchingu33) May 12, 2017
Mumbai Traffic Police is best yaar, managing traffic even in rains ðÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂu00c2u0098ÂÂu00c2u008dðÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂu00c2u0098ÂÂu00c2u008dðÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂu00c2u0098ÂÂu00c2u008d pic.twitter.com/rwrmSjRrDX
— pinku (@LEDtvn) May 12, 2017
#mumbai is not ready for rains. The traffic and road situation is going to get worse
— $udeep (@oldmonk_says) May 12, 2017
*During Rain*
— Vivente ΖΩΗ (@iHitaarth) May 12, 2017
Pic 1 : Couples in other cities
Pic 2 : Couples in Mumbai#MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/f4qdemJ3sN
Mumbai me barrish ho ya na ho, Twitter pe jarur ho jata hai. Typical MumbaikarðÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂu00c2u0098ÂÂu00c2u0082 #MumbaiRains
— ANIMESH (@animesh452) May 12, 2017
@DefucktiveHumor Navi mumbai mein abhi traffic hai. Kal tak apne western side tak pahunchega baarish.
— Little Black Dress (@uma8987) May 12, 2017