Submerged under nearly five feet of rainwater, the Andheri Subway in the western suburbs was shut for traffic at 9.40 am on Monday by the Mumbai Traffic Police. By 5 pm, it was still closed. During this period, the K West ward Disaster Management Control Room recorded 195.1 mm of rainfall in the Andheri area.

This monsoon, between May 26 and August 18, the subway has been closed 24 times due to flooding. Over the last weekend, after the India Meteorological Department issued a red alert for Mumbai on Friday morning, the subway was shut once, on August 16, an official confirmed to mid-day on Monday afternoon.

Forced detour