Mumbai, August 29: Heavy rains have hit normal life in Mumbai and left many areas waterlogged. Road, rail traffic and flights have been severely affected and municipal schools closed in Maharashtra’s capital.
Train services on Mumbai’s Central and Harbour line have been disrupted causing inconvenience to daily commuters and office goers.
The train service between Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and Thane have been stopped because of water logging between Kurla and Soin stations
On Harbour line traffic between Panvel and CST stations was crippled due to inundated rail tracks in Chunabhatti, Chembur and Mankhurd stations. However, trains on the Western line were running late by 15-20 minutes.
“Due to heavy downpour resulting in waterlogging at several stations on Central and Harbour line, train services have been stopped for sometime. We are waiting for the water to recede to resume services,” AK Singh, Central Railway PRO said.
Vehicular traffic was also affected due to water-logging in areas like suburban Parel, Hindmata, Dadar, Milan subway Andheri, Santacruz, Kurla, Vikhroli, Ghatkopar and Vile Parle.
Heavy rains have been reported from several other parts of central and north India as well. Floods have forced people to evacuate their homes in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.
In Uttar Pradesh more than 20 districts have been hit, Gonda the worst affected. In Punjab’s Ferozpur district several villages are under water.
–Agencies