Moderate to heavy rainfall in Mumbai; orange alert for July 19

Mumbai and its suburbs received moderate to heavy rainfall during the day and the weather department has issued an orange alert for the city for Wednesday predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall at some places officials saidThe weather bureau has issued a red alert for neighbouring Raigad and Palghar districts predicting heavy to very rainfall at a few places and extremely heavy rain at isolated places for Wednesday An orange alert is sounded for Thane districtAs per the IMD India Meteorological Department classification an orange alert is for a rainfall range between 1156 mm to 2044 mm in a day while a red alert is issued when rainfall above 2045 mm is expected for a 24hour durationMeanwhile as the day progressed the intensity of rain in Mumbai reduced on Tuesday Most areas of the island city and also suburbs received light or moderate rainfall with intermittent spells of heavy rainThe island city of Mumbai eastern suburbs and western suburbs received 1744 mm 2255 mm and 1887 mm rainfall respectively between 8 am and 6 pm the city civic body saidEarlier in the day suburban services of the Central Railway were affected due to the rain coupled with the failure of an express train engine during the morning rush hoursIntermittent heavy rains lashed Bandra Dahisar Chembur Fort Matunga Byculla and other areas of the city on Monday night as per civic officialsThere was no major waterlogging anywhere on Tuesday morning they saidRoad traffic was overall normalCentral Railways CR chief public relations officer Dr Shivraj Manaspure told PTI that the engine of the GorakhpurLTT Superfast Express developed a technical snag at Atgaon station in the neighbouring Thane district but they arranged a relief engine for the trainTrains on the route were diverted via a loop line he saidSome commuters complained the CR suburban services were delayed by 1015 minutes since early morning but after the engine failure incident the trains were running late by 20 to 25 minutesThey also claimed some suburban trains were cancelled and as a result crowds swelled on platforms and trains during the morning rush timeA Western Railway spokesperson said suburban services on their network were normalBus services of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport BEST undertaking were normal and there was no route diversion due to the rains civic officials saidIn its district forecast and warnings for the next five days issued on Monday the IMD Mumbai forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in the city on TuesdayThe IMD Mumbai officials said their observatories in Colaba representative of the island city and Santacruz representative of suburbs recorded 1024 mm and 1097 mm of rainfall respectively in the 24 hours ending at 830 am on TuesdayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever