Red Alert In Mumbai For Extremely Heavy Rainfall In Next 24 Hrs: IMD
Mumbai: IMD Mumbai Head Jayanta Sarkar on Monday said Mumbai is likely to face extremely heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours.
“We have issued a red alert in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) for day one and orange alert for July 20-23,” Dr. Jayanta Sarkar, Head, IMD Mumbai said.
Over 30 people died on Sunday in rain-related incidents. Significantly, the Mumbai civic body had detected 407 dilapidated buildings in its pre-monsoon survey. Out of this, he was successful in demolishing only 150 such dangerous structures.
A day after heavy rains in Mumbai, the intensity of rain eased slightly and intensified again on Monday morning, causing water-logging at some places and disrupting local train services.
Central Railway’s chief spokesperson Shivaji Sutar said local train services of the Central Railway were affected due to waterlogging on the tracks between Vikhroli and Bhandup following heavy rains in some parts of the suburbs.
As a precautionary measure, suburban train services in that section of the mainline have been suspended from 10.35 am to 10.50 am, he said.
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