Saturday began on a pleasant note for Mumbaikars, as pre-monsoon showers brought much-needed relief. But, those travelling by train had a harrowing experience. These Twitter reactions tell the story
Saturday began on a pleasant note for Mumbaikars, as pre-monsoon showers brought some much-needed relief. But, those travelling by train had a harrowing experience as services were affectedly severely. Here’s how Twitterati reacted.
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The Good…
Even a small peasant in a village in Papua New Guinea with no internet, electricity & phone knows, it's raining in Mumbai #MumbaiRains
— Ra_Bies (@Ra_Bies) June 11, 2016
"Monsoon may take few more days to arrive Mumbai", says the Mumbai MET Department pic.twitter.com/NM3gjTlKfC
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 11, 2016
Rainfall in Chembur, Mumbai. Mumbai MET dept says, " These arent monsoon rains, just pre-monsoon showers" pic.twitter.com/WhWqriROVw
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 11, 2016
It's raining! âu00c2u0098º
— Amish Tripathi (@authoramish) June 11, 2016
All hail! The monsoon has arrived!#MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/NyvLhPE8I3
A mother bathes her son in the torrential rain. Beautiful. Really captures the essence of this city. #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/VHmyz9sWty
— That Goan Boy (@schmmuck) June 11, 2016
Crazy amount of thunder accompanying the rain.
— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) June 11, 2016
The loud clattering is only matched when Mukesh Ambani's chopper is landing. #MumbaiRains
And a warm welcome to the famous #MumbaiRains!!! Amazing weather!!! pic.twitter.com/Vyb8G48l2c
— Priti Gandhi (@MrsGandhi) June 11, 2016
The Bad...
Trains Running late by upto 40 mins in Mumbai - And Monsoon hasn't even started yet!
— Shubham Gurav (@sgurav143) June 11, 2016
Good luck ðu00c2u009fu00c2u0098u00c2u0089âu00c2u009cu00c2u008c #MumbaiRains #MumbaiLocal #MumbaiMonsoon
One rain and harbor trains go dead, roads become a puddleland, Mumbai's creaky infra exposes all, only liberal governance can save India!
— Akshay Shah (@agilewiz) June 11, 2016
First #MumbaiRains and #mumbai #trains stops working ! Bloody pathetic state of affairs !! #Mumbai #mumbailocal #railways
— Dipen Mashru (@dipenm2011) June 11, 2016
Today local trains will slip on railway tracks in Mumbai and get delayed because of #MumbaiRains.
— Vivek Sharma (@KhamoshVIVEK) June 11, 2016
30 mins of drizzle and trains are all handicapped! #MumbaiRains #Mumbai
— Anakin (@stephnd) June 11, 2016
Mumbai routine never disappoints. Tata Sky blackout, late running trains and Old monk plans. The holy trinity of first showers are intact.
— Dippy Vankani (@DippyVankani) June 11, 2016
First showers of the season and Mumbai lifeline (Mumbai rail network) thrown of gear @RailMinIndia Trains running late please do something
— Ashaya Kantawala (@ashayak) June 11, 2016
rain in Mumbai and already trains are crawling late
— Akash (@sushann83) June 11, 2016
The Ugly? Perhaps, it’s yet to come...