Mumbai Shows Its True Spirit Again, As Citizens Come Forward To Help People Stuck In Heavy Rain
From hosting stranded strangers to Ganesh pandals, Gurudwaras and Mosques distributing food, Mumbaikars are going out of the way to help fellow citizens
Social media may have been receiving criticism for its new ways, but it has also been a tremendous help in times of calamities and emergency to connect those in need to those who offer help.
Construction workers watch over an open manhole / REUTERS
The floods in Mumbai tell a similar story, where the city demonstrated its undying spirit by offering help to those who needed it the most through social media.
The rains made things miserable for those who got stuck on railway platforms, on roads with knee to waist deep waters. A new hashtag called #rainhost has been trending all day on twitter where Mumbaikars have been offering help to host anyone who is stranded anywhere in the city. Not just Mumbai Police, but citizens have also taken an initiative to help out fellow Mumbaikars.
Anyone stuck at Sakinaka / Andheri East / Chandivili, please let me know. My home is open. #Rainhost #Rainhosts #Mumbairains. Please RT
¡ª Utsav Mamoria (@utsavmamoria) August 29, 2017
If you or your loved ones are stuck in/around Andheri, please take shelter at Innov8 with hot beverages and internet.#mumbairains #rainhost pic.twitter.com/geR88B9Oc2
¡ª Innov8 Coworking? (@innov8cowork) August 29, 2017
Messages which feel like sunshine on a rainy day, like today #MumbaiRains #SaluteMumbai #rainhosts @TekiRosh @PWNeha @varungrover pic.twitter.com/lMqDB8wFWX
¡ª Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) August 29, 2017
Complete list of shelters incl temples, churches, gurudwaras, and 10000s of homeshttps://t.co/ssmtag3lP1 #MumbaiRains #RainHost
¡ª Krithika Murali (@krithikam19) August 29, 2017
Thier Jackets may not be waterproof but thier spirit is. @MumbaiPolice @CPMumbaiPolice @mtptraffic #spiritofMumbai #MumbaiRains #Mumbaikars pic.twitter.com/jwQkC5vxLQ
¡ª Akshay Shah (@Sarcasticakshay) August 29, 2017
Gurudwaras across the city are offering food and shelter, spreading their message through social media
#RainHost Mumbai Gurudwaras at Sion & Dadar open for everyone- shelter, hot Langar. Pls RT #MumbaiRains@GulPanag @muglikar_ @Calamur pic.twitter.com/8BURglugac
¡ª Monica Jasuja (@jasuja) August 29, 2017
Mumbai, do you need a place to spend the night in Lower parel ( Kamala Mills). We will find room for you in our office. #MumbaiRains
¡ª Faye DSouza (@fayedsouza) August 29, 2017
With the Ganesh festival still going strong in the city, Ganesh mandals across the city have also offered food and shelter to those stranded around the pandals unable to reach home.
#GSB Ganesh Mandal makes arrangements for food for ppl stuck in rains. #MumbaiRains#MumbaiDeluge #SpiritofMumbai #MumbaiFlooded pic.twitter.com/DR4YIxfdw9
¡ª Ravish Sharma (@ravishjourno) August 29, 2017
#LalbaugChaRaja mandal distributes food to stranded people #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/vdQWq6xr3C
¡ª Zee 24 Kalak (@Zee24Kalak) August 29, 2017
Mosques opened their doors for everyone to provide food shelter and water for everybody who's stuck out on the road.
People driving back home have been exceptionally helpful to offer lifts to the stranded folk travelling in their direction. Like this one!
Put this up on your car if you have some basic stationery on you. Help those in need :)#spiritofmumbai pic.twitter.com/vBQJj9B0GN
¡ª Sarthak Oza (@S_0za) August 29, 2017
Volunteers from everywhere came together to distribute food in trains!
#MumbaiRains #spiritofmumbai
¡ª Tauseef Shaikh (@tausseeff) August 29, 2017
Volunteers disturbing bananas to stranded commuters in local trains#hatsoff pic.twitter.com/yqhVwUd9eG
All those stranded and hungry at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, our volunteers are distributing food & water inside. Go there!
¡ª Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) August 29, 2017
No matter what anyone says, Mumbai truly is a shining example of of standing together, especially in times of need. Hats off to the indomitable spirit of this amazing city!
