Heavy showers cause waterlogging, traffic snarls in parts of city

Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai and its suburbs on Tuesday leading to waterlogging in many areas of the cityRoads of Sion Bandra King Circle Matunga and Kurla were flooded with water and people were also seen wading through kneedeep water in AndheriA high tide of 401 metre is expected at 410 pm in Mumbai Also a low tide of 175 metre is likely to occur at 1021 pm todayThe flooding prompted Brihammumbai Electric Supply and Transport undertaking BEST to divert bus routes Due to water logging at Shell colony Route no A357 355360 diverted via Dr Ambedkar Udyan upto Thakkar Bappa colony from 930 am in both directions BEST tweetedMeanwhile Western Railway and Central Railway have said that despite rainfall trains were running normally with a delay of 510 minutesWRs Monsoon Updates 0730 hrs pictwittercomFpOxEx3wTWmdash Western Railway WesternRly July 5 2022CR monsoon update at 0800 hrs on 572022 pictwittercom2qGHrMUhummdash Central Railway Central_Railway July 5 2022As heavy rains continued to lash parts of the city Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has directed officials to keep a vigil and keep the NDRF squads ready reported news agency ANIAlso Read Maharashtra NDRF teams on standby as heavy rains continue in Mumbai nearby areasThe India Meteorological Department IMD has predicted moderate to heavy rainfall for Mumbai and its suburbs with possibility of heavy spells at isolated places on TuesdayThe IMD on Tuesday also issued a heavy rainfall alert for Konkan belt and Madhya Maharashtra over the next five days For the next five days Konkan belt and Madhya Maharashtra will receive heavy rainfall to very heavy rainfall said Jayanta Sarkar head Regional Meteorological Center RMC MumbaiMumbai sees waterlogging after heavy showers Pipe road Kurla Sameer AbediMiddayNews Mumbai Rains MumbaiMonsoon HeavyRainfall pictwittercom1IDT8OQWDVmdash Mid Day mid_day July 5 2022The IMD Mumbai in its weather forecast has stated that the maximum temperature in Santacruz will hover around 307degC while the minimum temperature be 25degCOn the other hand the maximum temperature in Colaba will be 309degC while the minimum temperature will be 25degCStatus of Water logging and bus diversion at 0930hrs on 05072022 MumbaiRains bestupdates pictwittercomgBoMSdf5VAmdash BEST Bus Transport myBESTBus July 5 2022The island city received an average 9581 mm rainfall in the 24 hour period ending at 8 am on Tuesday while the eastern and western suburbs recorded 11509 mm and 11673 mm rainfall respectively during the same periodAccording to IMD Mumbai from June 1 the Colaba observatory recorded a total rainfall of 7586 mm while the Santacruz observatory recorded a total rainfall of 7325 mmIMD official KS Hosalikar said that IMD radar indicate cloudy sky over parts of North Konkan including Mumbai and Thane5 Jul 920 am MumbaiRainsUpdatesMumbai IMD radar indicate cloudy sky over parts of N Konkan including Mumbai ThaneMod to intense intermittent spells if rain likely to cont for next 23 hrs pictwittercomVQAUXTDKramdash K S Hosalikar Hosalikar_KS July 5 2022Five National Disaster Response Force NDRF teams have been deployed in MumbaiMeanwhile Navi Mumbai has received a total of 68051 mm rainfall so far this season as per the data shared by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation NMMC on TuesdayThe NMMC update also stated that Belapur received 16350 mm rainfall while Nerul Vashi Khoparkhairne and Airoli received 18740 mm 22080 mm 22550 mm and 15520 mm rain respectively The average rain received from 830 am on Monday to 830 am on Tuesday by Navi Mumbai was 18295 mmThane received an average 14602 mm rainfall in the 24 hour period ending at 8 am on Tuesday said Thane Municipal Corporation TMC