Outskirts bear force of rain, Mumbai is spared its fury – Times of India

MUMBAI: The intense graph of the weekend rain spilled over into the first working day of the week. Monday’s showers peaked on the outskirts in areas like Thane, Navi Mumbai and Kalyan-Dombivli rather than within city limits.

These localities recorded over 100 mm rains in the 12 hours ending 6pm Monday. The premises of the Ambernath municipal council, Uran court house and Turbhe police station were among the worst-affected by floods along with low-lying streets and homes.
In comparison, Mumbai recorded 36.8mm rain at the India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s Santacruz observatory and 26.4mm at Colaba between 8.30am and 8.30 pm.
IMD later upgraded its weather warning for the city from an orange alert issued the previous day to a red alert up to 8.30am Tuesday. For July 20-23, weather officials have issued a lower orange alert indicating heavy to very heavy rain at a few places.
A day after two landslides in Mahul and Vikhroli killed 33 people, five more landslides were reported citywide, but there were no casualties.
Among 11 incidents of tree fall, 31-year-old Dhanaji Hatiyani was injured in one such accident in Mulund. He was admitted to a hospital in stable condition. Eight incidents of short circuit occurred.
Rail and road traffic was disrupted for brief spells. Suburban train services were suspended briefly between Thane and Diva due to water logging at Kalwa station.
Western Express Highway had snarls partly owing to vehicle breakdowns. A bridge over a nullah at Goregaon connecting Mrinaltai Gore flyover to S V Road washed away Sunday. Unlike the fierce downpour of July 16 when BEST was forced to divert 87 routes, on Monday there were six detours in three waterlogged areas of Bhandup, Andheri and Thane. As compared to Sunday when it operated 2,175 buses and suffered multiple breakdowns, BEST was able to run 3,082 buses of its total fleet of 3,300 Monday.
Power cuts were experienced in Dadar, Antop Hill, Girgaum, Mulund and Andheri. These were local faults caused by waterlogging of cables.
With abundant showers in catchment areas, the city’s water stock rose by 9% in a single day. Civic officials were hopeful of a more bountiful figure on Tuesday due to the downpour in Thane where lakes are located. Bhatsa, the biggest reservoir supplying water to Mumbai, recorded a robust 201 mm rainfall.