In what can be termed as a routine for Mumbai City, heavy rains have again brought normal life to a standstill in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai today on 19th June 2015. What is surprising is that this is the first full fledged one day rainfall in the city of Mumbai and all the arrangements made by the BMC has been exposed.
All the schools in the city remain shut. Some offices have remained open with employees being advised to report to work only if possible. The Govt. has issued alerts to Mumbaikars to venture out of the homes only if absolutely necessary and that too on the roads which are guided by them from time to time. The lifeline of Mumbai - local trains - have been thrown out of gear completely which has literally brought the city to a standstill. Road traffic is reported to be really slow with serpentine line of cars and buses been seen in all streets of Mumbai.
What seems to be worrying is that there is a huge high tide expected around 2:30 pm, which is going to add to the BMC's woes. The city is on high alert with rapid action force being deployed to tackle any untoward incidents. The city's picture looks grim with many trees uprooted which has cause inconvenience to vehicular traffic. Fire brigade services have been pressed into service to clear the fallen trees as soon as possible.
Local trains in the trans-harbour local (Vashi to Panvel & Thane to Panvel), however, are running at a slow pace on a shuttle basis. Trains on Central Railway from Kalyan onwards too are reported to be running; but behind schedule. The main affected areas are mainline Mumbai with many low-lying areas water logged, forcing the railways to shut services. Further decision will be taken after surveying the situation post the high tide at 2:30 pm.
Meanwhile, in the morning, many office goers chose to skip office and stay at home owing to continuous rainfall since last night which actually caused the water logging. But some unfortunate people who have ventured out of their homes are reported to be stuck at various places in the city with no option but to wait till road or rail services start operations. These people are not too happy with the arrangements done by the BMC which has brought them this hardship.
All the schools in the city remain shut. Some offices have remained open with employees being advised to report to work only if possible. The Govt. has issued alerts to Mumbaikars to venture out of the homes only if absolutely necessary and that too on the roads which are guided by them from time to time. The lifeline of Mumbai - local trains - have been thrown out of gear completely which has literally brought the city to a standstill. Road traffic is reported to be really slow with serpentine line of cars and buses been seen in all streets of Mumbai.
What seems to be worrying is that there is a huge high tide expected around 2:30 pm, which is going to add to the BMC's woes. The city is on high alert with rapid action force being deployed to tackle any untoward incidents. The city's picture looks grim with many trees uprooted which has cause inconvenience to vehicular traffic. Fire brigade services have been pressed into service to clear the fallen trees as soon as possible.
Local trains in the trans-harbour local (Vashi to Panvel & Thane to Panvel), however, are running at a slow pace on a shuttle basis. Trains on Central Railway from Kalyan onwards too are reported to be running; but behind schedule. The main affected areas are mainline Mumbai with many low-lying areas water logged, forcing the railways to shut services. Further decision will be taken after surveying the situation post the high tide at 2:30 pm.
Meanwhile, in the morning, many office goers chose to skip office and stay at home owing to continuous rainfall since last night which actually caused the water logging. But some unfortunate people who have ventured out of their homes are reported to be stuck at various places in the city with no option but to wait till road or rail services start operations. These people are not too happy with the arrangements done by the BMC which has brought them this hardship.
