Heavy rains lash Mumbai, disrupt traffic, rail and airport operations

After a break of few days, heavy rains returned to Mumbai and its neighbouring areas on Monday morning, affecting road and rail traffic and briefly disrupting operations at the city airport.

The suburban areas received around 20 mm rainfall in just three hours starting 8.30 am, an official at the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) centre here said.
This caused water-logging on rail tracks at Ghatkopar, Kanjurmarg, Sion and other stations due to which local trains on the Central Line were running slow.
Several local trains on the Central and Western lines were also cancelled due to flooding on the tracks, railway officials said.
Office-goers who commute by local trains, considered the lifeline of Mumbai, were hit hard due to the heavy downpour in the morning rush hour.
Operations at the airport were suspended for around 20 minutes in the morning and three city-bound flights were diverted to some nearby airports, an official from the Mumbai International Airport Limited said.
However, no flights were cancelled.
The services were stopped at 9.12 am and later resumed at 9.31 am, the official said. Read More

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