Maharashtra rains: Schools in Mumbai, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg closed

In view of the heavy showers in parts of Maharashtra the state government declared a holiday on Monday for all schools in Mumbai Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts reported news agency PTIMaharashtra School Education Minister Deepak Kesarkar made the announcement in the state legislative council in MumbaiMumbai received rains last night We have issued a notification in the morning declaring a holiday today for all the schools in Mumbai city Mumbai suburban Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts he said reported PTIThe movement of local trains on the Central Railway routes has also been affected due the Maharashtra rains the minister saidThe local trains were running 3040 minutes late The situation will improve by afternoon Kesarkar said in the House amid Maharashtra rainsMeanwhile local train services on the Central Railway routes were severely affected and flight operations were also hit in Mumbai on Monday after heavy rains in the city reported PTIThe Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC declared a holiday for the day for all the civic government and private schools and colleges in the city to avoid inconvenience to studentsThe India Meteorological Department IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in Mumbai Additionally at 157 pm today there will be a 440 m high tide in the sea a BMC spokesperson said reported PTISwapnil Nila chief public relations officer of the Central Railway CR said train services on the fast line of the main corridor between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus CSMT in south Mumbai and neighbouring Thane were suspended due to waterlogging at various places reported PTISuburban services were running on the slow line he saidThe Harbour corridor services were also temporarily suspended due to waterlogging at ChunnabhatiCommuters complained that the operational suburban services were running late There was heavy rush of commuters at some of the key stations and in trainsThe CR officials said due to heavy rain and high tide in Mumbai local train movement in the suburban section was affected and asked people to avoid travelling unless unavoidable reported PTIThe civic body said there will be a high tide of 440 meters in Mumbai at 157 pm which coupled with heavy rains could lead to waterlogging in low lying areasThe Western Railway said suburban trains were running up to 10 minutes late because water was above the track level between Matunga Road and Dadar due to heavy showers reported PTIHigh capacity water pumps are being utilised to drain water away from the railway tracks to ensure a smooth commute for Mumbaikars a Western Railway spokesperson said reported PTIWith inputs from PTI