Maha: Heavy rains lash Raigad; 5 talukas record more than 200 mm rain in 24 hrs

Maharashtras Raigad district witnessed heavy showers in 24 hours with five talukas recording more than 200 mm rainfall As per the data shared by the district authorities the district recorded 1647 mm rainfall in 24 hours till 10 am PTI reportedUran Alibag Pen Panvel and Murud saw more than 200 mm rain while Roha recorded the lowest 1406 mm in 24 hours the data revealedMajor rivers in the district Kundalika Amba and Patalganga have exceeded the danger level while 24 dams are overflowing the official saidShrigaon dam has reached 80 per cent of its capacity while Punade is at 81 per cent Karle at 68 per cent and Ranivali at 66 per cent he saidThe total storage capacity of the dams in the district is 6826 million cubic meter and as on Friday it is at 6622 lakh cubic meters he saidMeanwhile a landslide occurred amid rains in Tajpur village in Alibag taluka on Thursday night another official saidNo casualty was reported in the incident the official saidThe administration has issued notices to the villagers to evacuate their houses and shift to a local school building he saidAlso readMaharashtra Renowned Pune doctor arrested in ISIS module caseAccording to the administration a total of 341 houses have suffered damages in the district due to heavy rainfall in the last 10 daysAs many as 7469 people have been shifted to safer locations since the beginning of the monsoon season in JuneThe highest 2810 people were shifted in Mahad followed by Roha with 1351 and Khalapur with 1039 it was statedThe intensity of rainfall in the meanwhile reduced in Mumbai on Friday with the city witnessing only occasional spells of moderate to heavy showers till noonThe India Meteorological Department IMD has however predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in the city during the day officials saidIncessant rains over the past few days raised the aggregate water stock in seven lakes providing potable water to Mumbai as it reached 68 per cent on Friday morning Of these seven lakes four have overflowed so far they saidAs the intensity of rain reduced no major waterlogging was reported anywhere in the metropolis the officials saidSome commuters complained that traffic on the Eastern as well as Western expressways was moving slow but there was no issue on the Eastern Freeway connecting Chembur to south MumbaiThe city traffic police said there was congestion on the SionPanvel highway in the morning after a chemical tanker overturned at Uran Phata in Navi MumbaiThere was no major waterlogging anywhere in the city as the intensity of rain reduced in the morning Most parts of the city have been witnessing mostly light rain with occasional spells of heavy rain a civic official saidThe IMD has issued a yellow alert predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall in the city and suburbs with the possibility of extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places he addedThere could be occasional gusty winds reaching 4050 kmph as per the weather bureaus prediction the official saidThe island city its eastern suburbs and western suburbs received average rainfall of 10082 mm 9479 mm and 12912 mm respectively in the 24 hours ending 8 am officials said