Heavy rains disrupt daily life in Mumbai

SUMMARY

After a week's lull, the monsoon revived with full force in Mumbai, coastal Konkan and other parts of Maharashtra, disrupting normal life. Heavy rain continued to lash Mumbai since 1 AM and the city woke up to water-logging in many low-lying areas, flooded railway tracks and huge traffic snarls. The India Meteorological Department on Tuesday issued a heavy rainfall warning for Mumbai stating that a cyclonic circulation would bring more showers to the city in the next two days.

By CNBC-TV18Jul 24, 2019 1:27:28 PM IST (Published)

A boy wades through a waterlogged street after rainfall in Mumbai. Resumption of monsoon in Konkan region has disrupted normal life in Mumbai and nearby areas. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A man pushes his bicycle, carrying milk for sale, past a waterlogged street after rainfall. With heavy rains lashing across the city from early hours of Wednesday, the maximum city woke up to, flooded railway tracks and huge traffic snarls. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

People walk past a waterlogged street after rainfall in Mumbai. Office-goers and students alike were hit due to crawling traffic, besides suburban trains running late by 15-25 minutes on the Western Railway and Central Railway. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

The Maharashtra government declared a precautionary public holiday on Tuesday in Mumbai after the Central Railway (CR) suspended services at several spots between Mumbai-Thane and suburban train services were disrupted on the Western Railway due to incessant record rain (Photo: IANS)

Important roads in some parts of the city and suburbs like Parel, Dadar, Wadala, Kurla, Sion, Tilak Nagar, Andheri, Santacruz, Khar, Goregaon, Malad and other pockets were flooded seriously hampering traffic flow. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

The IMD here has forecast bouts of heavy rain with intermittent showers for Mumbai, Palghar, Thane, Raigad and Ratnagiri in the next two days.

Monsoon clouds gather over the city skyline, in Mumbai on July 23. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)

People seek shelter during a sudden monsoon rainfall, in Navi Mumbai, on July 23. (PTI Photo)