CM Shinde during his visit to the disaster management control room of the BMC on Wednesday. Pics/Atul Kamble
As heavy rains affected the local train services and road traffic, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday afternoon ordered that government offices in Mumbai and the neighbouring region should be closed early so that employees get more time to reach home
The downpour affected the vehicular movement as well as the local train services ¿ mainly on central and harbour lines -- which are used by lakhs of people to reach home
The meteorological department in Mumbai had issued an "orange" alert for the city, indicating the likelihood of severe to extremely heavy rainfall in certain areas throughout the day
The IMD had on Tuesday issued a ‘Red’ alert for Palghar and Raigad district in Maharashtra for July 19. The weather bulletin said, "Heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places was very likely"
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