Mumbai Rains: Central & Harbour line local trains suspended; BEST buses diverted

The local train services on Central and Harbour line came to a grinding halt on Wednesday as heavy rain lashed Mumbai The Railway officials said that the services were stopped as a precautionary measureldquoDue to heavy rains in suburbs and water logging between Sion Kurla the train services between CSMTKurla have been suspended from 950 am as precautionary measures Services on other sections are runningrdquo Central Railway chief public relations officer Shivaji Sutar saidSutar said the decision to stop trains has been taken to avoid any untoward incident and the traffic will resume as soon as water recedesAlso Read Mumbai neighbouring areas receive heavy rainfall as monsoon arrivesldquoDue to heavy rain in suburbs and water logging at Chunabatti and between Sion Kurla section the train services on main line between CSMTThane have been suspended from 1020 am as a precautionary measurerdquo Sutar addedOn Harbour line the services between CSMTVashi have been suspended from 1020 amThe Trains Harbour services and BSU Uran are running smoothly Also shuttle services between Thane and KarjatKasara and Vashi Panvel are runningMumbaiRainsWithMidday MumbaiRainsWaterLogging at Sion railway station in Mumbai Video pdhivar pictwittercomeiCs71ZTVzmdash Mid Day mid_day June 9 2021MumbaiRainsWithMidday MumbaiRainsPeople stranded at DadarStation as local train services have been suspended due to heavy rain in Mumbai Video Shadab Khan pictwittercom3R3epeFqXrmdash Mid Day mid_day June 9 2021Meanwhile road traffic was also diverted at several locations due to water logging ldquoWater logging at Mankhurd station in southbound direction on SionPanvel road Buses of routes 501L 502L 504L 505L 506L 521L A60 and A372 have been diverted via Maharashtra nagar flyover bridge from 840 am No water logging in the other directionrdquo tweeted Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport BESTHeavy rains continues waterlogging reported at several places Buses have been diverted to avoid water logged roads Position at 1000 hrs mumbairains bestupdates pictwittercomqxy5ax6jAnmdash BEST Bus Transport myBESTBus June 9 2021WaterLogging Netaji Palkar Chowk SV Road Baherambaug Junction Sakkar Panchayat Chowk Neelam Junction Govandi Hindamata Junction Iqbal Kamani Junction Dharavi Restaurant Dharavi Sion Junction King Circle Please plan travel likewise StaySafeMumbai MonsoonSafetymdash Mumbai Police MumbaiPolice June 9 2021The southwest monsoon arrived in Mumbai on Wednesday the India Meteorological Department IMD announced as heavy rains lashed Mumbai and suburbs since early morningSouthwest monsoon has further advanced into Mumbai today the 09th Junefor rainfall information of Maharshtra kindly refer httpstconqZKqonrGimoesgoimdash India Meteorological Department Indiametdept June 9 2021Waterlogging was reported in some lowlying area Several parts of the city and suburbs witnessed heavy rainfall along with thunder in the morning According to the IMD the Colaba observatory representative of south Mumbai received 774 mm rainfall while the Santacruz observatory representative of the suburbs recorded 596 mm downpour in the last 24 hoursIts monsoon arrival in Mumbai today said Dr Jayanta Sarkar head of the IMDrsquos Mumbai officeGOOD NEWSOnset of SW Monsoon declared over Mumbai Thane Palghar today 9 th JuneMonsoon line today passing frm ValsadGujarat Nagpur in Maharashtra amp then Bhadrachalam TuniConditions r favourable for onset of monsoon in remaining parts of Maharashtra in nxt 23 daysIMDmdash K S Hosalikar Hosalikar_KS June 9 2021Monsoon has advanced into most parts of Maharashtra including Mumbai today 9th June 2021Updates of ongoing Heavy Rainfall over Mumbai pictwittercomd1QPVFRtL7mdash Regional Meteorological CenterMumbai RMC_Mumbai June 9 2021As per the BMC the island city eastern suburbs and western suburbs recorded 4849 mm 6699 mm and 4899 mm rain respectively in the 24hour period ending at 8 am on WednesdayThe IMD has predicted cloudy sky with moderate rain thundershowers in the city and suburbs There is also a possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places