Many Areas In Mumbai Waterlogged As Heavy Rains Lash Maximum City, IMD Issues Orange Alert

Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Friday, with the IMD predicting intermittent moderate to heavy rain and "possibility of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places" in the metropolis and surrounding areas on Saturday.

According to India Meteorological Department's Mumbai centre, the Colaba weather bureau reported 161.4 mm rainfall between 8:30 am and 8:30 pm on Friday.

The IMD had issued a red alert late on Friday for Mumbai, Raigad and Ratnagiri. It had predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall on Saturday in many places in Palghar, Mumbai, Thane and Raigad districts.

Not only the pandemic but Mumbai is having to deal with heavy rain.

Due to heavy rain not only essential transportation, the healthcare system is also facing difficulty during this tough time. Many monsoon season diseases like malaria and dengue are also putting medical authorities under pressure.

We all know that at this time when the country's resources are already drained battling the coronavirus pandemic. With the downpour, setting up quarantine facilities for suspected COVID-19 cases will prove to be an uphill task.

Like every year, this year too waterlogging is common in Mumbai.

Several low lying areas in Mumbai namely Hindmata at Dadar, parts of Sion, and King Circle reported waterlogging owing to the heavy downpours.

Waterlogging has been reported in Worli Naka, Chira Bazar, Byculla police station area, Hindmata junction at Dadar, and Bhulabhai Desai Road.

High tide hits Marine Drive in Mumbai as Mumbai's civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) warns people to stay away from the coast.