Updated On: 19 July, 2023 10:06 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday announced holiday in the schools of Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar as a precautionary measure amid a heavy rainfall warning in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).

Pedestrians seen in heavy rainfall near Mahalakshmi railway station in Mumbai on July 19, 2023. Photo: Satej Shinde
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday announced holiday in the schools of Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar as a precautionary measure amid a heavy rainfall warning in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
“Schools in Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar have been given a holiday tomorrow as a precautionary measure,” the chief minister told reporters in Mumbai after visiting the disaster management cell in Mantralaya to review the flood situation in the state.