Railway Tracks Submerge In Mumbai Due To Heavy Rains, Train Services Suspended
Mumbai: Railway tracks submerged between Sion railway station and GTB Nagar railway station on Wednesday due to heavy rainfall in Mumbai as Monsoon advances over Maharashtra.
Mumbai Local train services between Kurla and CSMT were halted as a precautionary measure, said Central railway CPRO. The Harbour line between CSMT- Vashi has been suspended from 10.20 am. Heavy rains caused traffic snarls across the city.
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Though, the Monsoon has arrived prior to the average arrival date in Mumbai.
“Monsoon has arrived in Mumbai today, normal arrival date is 10th June every year so it has arrived prior to the average arrival date,” said Dr Jayanta Sarkar, Deputy Director General (DDG), IMD Mumbai.
However, the Met department in a tweet said that the southwest monsoon is likely to advance into more parts of Maharashtra and is expected to advance into more parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, some parts of Odisha, and more parts of West Bengal during the next two days.
While talking about Maharashtra Mumbai, it has received showers ranging between 20 mm to 40 mm in Colaba, Mahalaxmi and parts of the Dadar area, while some weather stations in north Mumbai including Chincholi, Borivali and Dahisar received around 60 mm of rainfall in the first half of the day.
Updates to be known:
• Train services on the Harbour line between CSMT- Vashi have been suspended from 10.20 am due to heavy rains and waterlogging near
• Chunabhatti railway station. On Mainline due to waterlogging in the Sion-Kurla section, services have been suspended from CSMT- Thane from 10.20 am, said Central railway CPRO.
• Regional Meteorological Centre, Mumbai issued a weather warning for the next five days for Maharashtra.
• Local train services between Kurla and CSMT have been halted as water is flowing over tracks between Kurla and Sion stations.
“Traffic has been stopped at 9.50 am; the decision was taken as a precautionary measure to avoid any untoward incident. Traffic will resume as soon as the water recedes,” said Central Railway CPRO
Meanwhile, On Monday, IMD had predicted heavy rains for four days from June 9 to 12 in all districts in the Konkan, including the Mumbai metropolitan areas.
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