Mumbai weather: Rain intensity reduces in city

On Thursday a 22yearold man was killed and another injured after a tree fell on their hut in Mumbai amid rains This was the third death due to tree fall in the last two days in the cityIn the afternoon a huge tree got uprooted at the Indu Oil Mill compound in the Byculla area and fell on a hut trapping a few persons a BMC official saidAfter getting a call fire brigade personnel reached the spot cut the tree branches and brought out two injured persons from the hut Both of them were rushed to staterun JJ Hospital where doctors declared one of them Rehman Khan 22 as brought dead the official saidMumbai was lashed by heavy rains on Wednesday but the intensity reduced on ThursdayAccording to the data shared by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC Mumbai city eastern suburbs and western suburbs received 1436 mm 1037 mm and 1799 mm rainfall respectively in 12 hours between 8 am and 8 pmBMC received 13 complaints of treebranch fall four of shortcircuit and two of house collapse till 6 pm the data shared by civic body statedWhile no major waterlogging were reported in the city the road traffic was normal and there was no diversion of buses of civic undertaking Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport BESTRailway authorities said suburban train services on all networks were normal though commuters complained of some delaysThe India Meteorological Department IMD has predicted moderate to heavy rain in Mumbai city and its suburbs with very heavy rainfall likely at isolated places in the next 24 hoursIn the 24hour period ended at 830 am on Thursday Colaba in south Mumbai received 148 mm rainfall while Santacruz in western suburbs recorded 1216 mm rainfall according to the IMD MumbaiAs per the BMC the island city eastern and western suburbs received 93 mm 127 mm and 123 mm rainfall respectively in the 24hour period ended at 8 amAn IMD official said seven lakes supplying water to Mumbai and neighbouring areas received extremely heavy rainfall in the past 24 hoursFour of these lakes Vaitarna Middle Vaitarna Tansa and Bhatsa located in neighbouring Thane district recorded 144 mm 137 mm 109 mm and 137 mm rainfall respectively Vihar and Tulsi lakes in Mumbai got 159 mm and 235 mm rainfall respectively while the Upper Vaitarna lake in Nashik district recorded 122 mm downpour the official saidHeavy rains lashed Thane and neighbouring Palghar district in the last 24 hours resulting in waterlogging in many areas and a number of incidents of tree fall officials said on ThursdayThane city received 20008 mm rainfall in the 24hour period ended at 830 am on Thursday Thane Municipal Corporations disaster management cell informedBesides this two citizens swept away in swollen water bodies in adjoining Thane and Palghar districts which witnessed heavy showersA number of cars were also damaged in Thane district in rainrelated incidents the officials saidA portion of a compound wall in Navi Mumbai collapsed on Wednesday night after heavy rains Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporations disaster management cell chief Dr Babasaheb Rajale told PTIAccording to the Regional Meteorological Centre Navi Mumbai received 2655 mm of rainfall in the last 12 hourswith inputs from PTI