Mumbai rains

As Mumbaikars began picking up the pieces of their lives after yesterday's deluge that sank the city and its satellite towns in a sea of misery, at least 10 people were reported dead due to drowning and wall collapse, officials said today.

Nine people were washed away in separate incidents in Mumbai, while two lost their lives due to drowning in adjoining districts of Palghar and Thane. Another man was killed when a wall came crashing down on him in Mumbai's Ghatkopar.

Renowned gastroenterologist of Bombay Hospital Dr Deepak Amrapurkar has gone missing from near the Elphinstone Road station, and eyewitnesses claimed he drowned in a manhole in a flood street, police said.

58-year-old Amarapurkar had left for home last evening by his car but as the road was waterlogged he asked his driver to drop him near the Elphinstone Road station and started walking towards his residence.

(Inputs from PTI)

Around 450 personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been mobilised for deployment in Mumbai, where normal life has been disrupted due to heavy rains.Three NDRF teams, already pre-positioned in Mumbai, were immediately supplemented by sending more teams, a home ministry statement said.

The Santacruz observatory of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) here registered 331.4 mm rainfall on Tuesday, the heaviest since the July 26, 2005 record of 944 mm, which had caused the worst havoc in decades in the city.

This is also the highest rainfall in a day in August since 1997. It was second only to 346.2 mm of rainfall registered on August 23, 1997, the data showed.

The Colaba observatory of the IMD registered 110 mm of rainfall yesterday, it said.

"The precipitation measured between 8.30 am of August 29 to 8.30 am of August 30 revealed that Santacruz weather station has received 331.4 mm rainfall, while the Colaba observatory received 110 mm during the same period," the IMD said.

The neighbouring Thane city received 247 mm rainfall, while the downpour measured in Palghar was 280 mm, it said.

(Inputs from PTI)

NRDF team carrying out search and rescue operation at Worli in Mumbai on Wednesday. (Photo by Sanjay Hadkar) pic.twitter.com/RGjOKXzo7c

— TOI Mumbai (@TOIMumbai) August 30, 2017

A day after heavy rains and severe flooding in Mumbai after parts of the city received as much as 300 mm of rainfall, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Ajoy Mehta on Wednesday said that such "unprecedented situation" was much mitigated and are much under control.

Addressing the media, the BMC Commissioner called the rainfall "unprecedented" and added that the water levels are kept "under check" and are reseeding quickly.

He also claimed that as many 30,000 employees of the BMC were present on the streets to help in tackling the situation.

"The quantum of rainfall was extremely high. We had 325 mm of rainfall and there were almost 26 locations where the rainfall exceeded 250mm. So, it was one of the highest unprecedented rainfalls. More than that there are two things we need to see that how fast Mumbai came back to normal which was really unprecedented, it was something that was beyond the infrastructure of Mumbai," he said.

(Inputs from ANI)

The Railway Ministry said on twitter that the services on the western railway resumed yesterday at 11.58 pm and stranded passengers were evacuated.

"Suburban lines on @WesternRly are made operational and services running. Services are running between Thane-Karjat, Thane-Titwala on main line. Vashi-Panvel on harbour line, Thane-Vashi on trans-harbour line," it tweeted.

"On direction of MR @sureshpprabhu all efforts are being taken to provide relief to passengers of Mumbai suburban in wake of heavy rains," the ministry tweeted.

"We are working in close coordination with the BMC and disaster management cell to ensure all possible measures. Additional pumps have been put in for bringing water levels down in heavy water-logged areas," it said.

(Inputs from PTI)

Cancelled trains include Hazrat Nizamuddin-Mumbai Central August Kranti Rajdhani Express, Mumbai Central-Firozpur Janta Express, Firozpur-Mumbai Central Janta Express, Amritsar-Saharsa Jansadharan Express, Amritsar-Visakhapatnam Hirakund Express.

Besides, Jammu Tawi-Tata Nagar Muri Express, Firozpur-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Intercity Express, Firozpur-Sri Ganganagar Intercity Express, Firozpur-Ludhiana Sutlej Express, Nanded-Amritsar Express, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Kamakhya Express, Chandigarh-Ajmer Garibrath Express, Chandigarh-Jaipur Intercity Express, Sirsa-Tilak Bridge-Sirsa Express, Hisar-Jind Passenger, Bandra Terminus-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express have also been cancelled.

The Northern Railways has also cancelled one train on August 31 and on September 1.

(Inputs from IANS)

BMC commissioner Ajoy Mehta said following Tuesday's incessant rains in Mumbai, over 28,000 civic workers and officials are involved in cleaning up of beaches and public roads in the city and since morning 5,000 metric tones of garbage have been removed.

Maharashtra Parliamentary Affairs Minister Girish Bapat has appealed to people stranded in south Mumbai for unavailability of transport following heavy rains, to take shelter in his official residence for time being.

In his appeal made through Facebook, the BJP leader, who hails from Pune, said that people stranded in areas such as Fort, and at Mantralaya can rest or stay in his official residence 'Dnyaneshwari', located at Malabar Hill, till the situation shows improvement.

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Actor Govind Namdev, who has been a part of the Indian entertainment industry for over two decades, has gifted food, umbrellas and raincoats to beggars on the Mumbai streets after the city was flooded due to heavy rain.

"My car was stuck in traffic on Tuesday evening. Then I saw the children at the signal, who were suffering with the water around. There were many young girls with kids who were just five-six months old. And their mothers were trying to protect them from rain with clothes and torn umbrellas," Govind said in a statement.

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Kal ki bhaari barsaat mein phanse logo'n ko Mumbaikaro'n ne ek hokar aur sabhi dharmon ke prarthana (cont) https://t.co/fGVjIAAdwp

— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) August 30, 2017

* Up slow services Kalyan to CST yet to resume

* Up slow Harbour line services Kurla to CSMT yet to resume

* Up and Down fast services CSMT to Kalyan

* Down slow services CSMT to Kalyan

* Harbour Line Up and Down services Kurla to Panvel

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on the situation arising due to incessant rain in Mumbai and surrounding areas. The PM assured CM all possible support from Center to the Government of Maharashtra in mitigating the situation, as per Press Information Bureau.

Renowned gastroenterologist of the Bombay Hospital Dr. Deepak Amrapurkar went missing near the Elphinstone Road station following heavy rains which lashed the megapolis, the police said today. 58-year-old Amarapurkar had left for home last evening by his car but due to water logging on the road he asked his driver to drop him near the Elphinstone Road station and started walking towards his residence, a senior police official said.

* A day after copious rains, the civic authorities have moved to clear roads which have become slushy and strewn with garbage, and are also gearing up to tackle rush of patients in municipal hospitals.

* Cars and other vehicles left behind by their owners due to flooding of streets, running out of fuel and breakdowns are causing traffic snarls and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is tackling this issue on a priority basis.

As per transport department, 50 percent of the drivers have reported for duty. Cockpit crew are coming by company transport, some cabin crew are coming on their own. Flights are released as per crew reporting. Due to which flights are getting delayed. Maximum delays upto 02 hrs.

There are nil diversions today out of Mumbai of 9W and other airlines.

As informed earlier the total number of flights cancelled is 19 today.

Provided food to about 1000 ppl in morning. 700-800 being served now. Prepared for more to help ppl stranded in rains: Indian Navy Commander pic.twitter.com/d4l7ciPU3p

— ANI (@ANI) August 30, 2017

Mumbai: Indian Navy distributed breakfast and tea to people outside Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station earlier today #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/VMo5zeJ4df

— ANI (@ANI) August 30, 2017

1. Train no 12010 Ahmedabad-Mumbai Shatabdi Express will depart at 6 pm from Ahmedabad (4.35 hrs late) due to the train coming from Mumbai was running 5.30 hrs late.

2.Train No. 22953 Mumbai-Ahmedabad Gujarat Express will remain cancelled.

3.Train No. 59441 Mumbai-Ahmedabad Gujarat Express will remain cancelled.

4.Train No. 22949 Bandra (T) - Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express will remain cancelled.

5.Train No. 59440 Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central will remain cancelled.

6.Train No. 19034 Ahmedabad-Valsad will remain cancelled.

Even as the country's financial capital reeled under the impact of heavy rains, Shiv Sena, which rules the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, today complimented the civic body for ensuring that the situation did not "go out of hand".