Mumbai rains: BMC asks residents to boil drinking water after restoration of Bhandup filtration plant – India Today

Mumbai rains LIVE: Moderate to heavy rainfall accompanied by thundershowers in Mumbai and its suburbs with the possibility of very heavy rainfall at isolated places in the city is likely on Monday, as per the city’s weather forecast.

The Indian Meteorological Department had already issued a red alert for Mumbai, starting from 8:30 am on July 18 till 8:30 am on July 19.

It has also warned of the possibility of occasional gusty winds, reaching 45-55 kmph to 65 kmph.

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10:00 am: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has asked the residents of Mumbai to boil water before drinking as the water purification complex at Bhandup was flooded due to the impact of heavy rains and had to be shut down. Due to this, there were no water spills in many parts of Mumbai. However, the services were restored on Sunday evening but BMC has appealed to residents to boil drinking water even after the restoration.

BMC said it worked on war footing to pump out water from the plant and repair it. “Necessary repairs were made after inspecting the plant concerned. After this, all the necessary technical procedures were followed and the pumps were started step by step. As soon as the plant was started, water supply was restored in many parts of the city, including the western suburbs, from Sunday evening,” said BMC in a statement.

8:53 am: According to the authorities, some significant rainfall figures recorded in Mumbai and suburbs in the last 24 hours are:

Sanpada: 248.0 mm
Mumbra: 235.8 mm
Airoligaon: 227.6 mm
Mulund: 164.3 mm
Chiraknagar: 158.7 mm
SCZ: 70.4 mm
Colaba: 42.6 mm

8:36 am: The weather department has said Mumbai will continue to witness moderate rainfall in the city and suburbs while heavy rainfall is expected in isolated places.

High tide is expected at 7:01 pm with a height of 3:60 metres. The low tide is expected at 01:14 pm with a height of 2.22 metres.

Average rainfall in the last 24 hours:
CT- 48.88 mm
WS- 51.89 mm

#MumbaiWeather forecast July 19: THUNDERSHOWERS IN CITY AND SUBURBS; POSSIBILITY OF VERY – EEXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL AT ISOLATED PLACES.

High tide
07:29 – 3.60 m
19:01 – 3.58 m

Low tide:
13:14 – 2.22 m

Average rainfall in last 24hrs
CT- 48.88 mm
WS- 51.89 mm
ES- 90.65 mm https://t.co/kjYJjdXufK

— Mumbai, BMC (@mybmc) July 19, 2021

8: 00 am: As per the update by Central Railways, the trains on the Central Main Line, Harbour Line, and Trans Harbour line are running in Mumbai.

Central Railway Monsoon Updates at 08.00 hrs on 19.7.2021 pic.twitter.com/oxCMEpApjs

— Central Railway (@Central_Railway) July 19, 2021