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Mumbai rains: Bambai ki baarish arrives with a sinking feeling
Updated On: 25 June, 2023 07:23 AM IST | Mumbai | Prajakta Kasale
While transport services remained largely unaffected, several parts of the city, including the infamous Andheri subway, witnessed flooding; two deaths and 11 tree fall cases keep BMC on its toes; orange alert issued for Sunday
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Vehicles negotiate a water-logged stretch outside Goregaon East Station on Saturday evening. Pic/Anurag Ahire
The arrival of monsoon in Mumbai brought both comfort and chaos with several parts of the city witnessing flooding on Saturday. Two people were also reported to have drowned in a nullah at Shivaji Nagar, Govandi. According to the BMC’s automatic weather system, Mumbai received an average of 65 mm rainfall between 8 am and 8 pm. While the Western suburbs received 74 mm rainfall, the Eastern suburbs saw 70 mm rainfall during the same period. At 143 mm, Dahisar received the highest rainfall.
Saturday’s rains also washed away all the tall claims of the civic body about nullah-cleaning work and installation of dewatering pumps. The BMC had in March stated that it was spending R257 crore to clean the city’s major and minor nullahs, including the Mithi river. In order to prevent water-logging in the low-lying areas, it had also installed 477 dewatering pumps. But, following a heavy spell of rain on Saturday, several pockets in the city witnessed flooding, including Gandhi Market, Dadar TT, Sion, LBS Road, BKC connector road, Kala Chowki, Saki Naka, and a road adjacent to Shivaji Park.
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