Mumbai rains: Two drown in drain; traffic snarls, short circuits reported

Heavy rains in several parts of Mumbai on Saturday led to the deaths of two persons who were washed away in a drain as well as traffic snarls tree fall incidents and short circuits civic and police officials saidThe deaths took place in Govandi in the afternoon and the bodies were fished out by fire brigade and police personnel later an official saidAccording to officials Chembur received 8004 millimetres of rain through the day while the figure was 7976 mm for Vikhroli 6198 for Sion 6168 for Ghatkopar and 6125 for MatungaIn a statement issued in the evening the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said 11 trees have fallen due to the rains while seven incidents of short circuit have been reported till 8pmIt said the eastern suburbs of the metropolis received 6986 mm rain while it was 7357 mm for the western suburbsPolice said traffic was diverted to SV Road after Andheri subway got flooded while movement of vehicles was slow on BD Road in the vicinity of Mahalaxmi Temple and areas like Asalpha Sakinaka junction and Gaffar Khan Road Near Worli SealinkAlso readMumbai Tech snag causes car to collapse in Chemburrsquos residential stack parkingSimilar conditions were witnessed in Kurla Santacruz and SV road while waterlogging was reported from Dadar TT Sion Road Tilak Nagar and Dahisar subwaySeveral netizens took to Twitter to ask traffic police for updates some of them mentioning about traffic snarls near Shreyas cinema in Ghatkopar on Link Road from Bangur Nagar in Goregaon to Mith Chowki in Malad as well as PantnagarEarlier the Indian Meteorological Department said that monsoon is likely to hit Mumbai in next 48 hours adding that it has advanced up till Alibag in Maharashtras Raigad districtIncidentally Mumbai where the normal date for onset of monsoon is June 11 and areas around it received light rain during the dayThe southwest monsoon has further advanced into some more parts of Central Arabian Sea some more parts of Maharashtra remaining parts of Karnataka Telangana and Chhattisgarh some parts of East Madhya Pradesh some more parts of Uttar Pradesh most parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh some parts of Haryana and Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh the IMD saidThe Northern Limit of Monsoon NLM now passes through Alibag Solapur Udgir Nagpur in Maharashtra Mandla Sonbhadra Buxar Siddharthnagar Pantnagar Bijnor Yamunanagar Una and Dras it saidConditions are favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon over most parts of Maharashtra including Mumbai Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh remaining parts of Bihar Uttarakhand Himachal Pradesh Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh some more parts of Haryana including Chandigarh and Delhi some parts of Gujarat East Rajasthan and Punjab during next two days the IMD said PTI