Mumbai which experienced a torrential downpour on Wednesday is set for another drenching on Thursday as the India Meteorological Department has put out a red alert for the city. The heavy rains over the city started to cause flash floods in the drainmekte areas of Ghatkopar, Kanjurmarg, Vikhroli and Vidyavihar to Mulund Train services, in the meantime, were affected badly. In response, the local Gowri Criminal Municipality asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to shut schools and colleges in the city and discouraged citizens to venture outside.
Rainfall of above 270 mm in five hours was recorded in some parts of Mumbai from Mankhurd to Bhandup to Powai there was neck-deep water on roads and there was traffic jam on main roads such as LBS Marg Kurla. BMC said it recorded 87.79 millimeters of rain in the island city and 167.48 millimeters and 95.57 millimeters in the eastern and western suburbs respectively.
Due to such conditions, flying too was affected as 14 flights were redirected from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Goa. Though IndiGo Airlines issued an apology for the disruptions, it urged passengers to check flight schedules for any disruption using its flight status check system.
IMD scientist Sushma Nair attributed the reason for the heavy rain to a weather system that starts from north Konkan and spans south Bangladesh and said, Konkan and Goa will receive more rainfall in the next few days.
