By Rons Bantwal Daijiworld Media Network—Mumbai (RD/CN)
Mumbai, Jul 14: Low-lying areas across the metro were water-logged on Tuesday July 14, following the heavy rains and gusty winds that lashed the metro since the night of Monday July 13.
The train services, which are the lifeline of the city, were running at least half an hour behind schedule due to flooded tracks.
Poor visibility also delayed national and international flights. Some of the aircrafts were seen circling the skies over the metro awaiting clearance from air traffic controllers to land at the airport.
Subsequently, the departures of flights were also delayed as a result. The traffic bottlenecks on the busy Western Express highway and Eastern Express highway delayed airport-bound passengers. Besides, the traffic to south Mumbai was blocked for some time till the rains receded.
The office-goers and regular train commuters were unable to commute between their homes and offices on Tuesday. A few of them were stranded enroute seeking shelters at the residences of friends.
Mumbaikars once again displayed their resilience by extending support to each other while wading through knee-deep flood waters on suburban roads. Flooding along the roads also caused several public and private vehicles to breakdown. Mahim Creek (Mithi river) extending to Dharavi has exceeded its danger level causing flooding in nearby areas along the railway tracks in the eastern suburbs of Bandra, Mahim, and Matunga.
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A person who has lived in Mumbai can survive in any part of the world..!!!???
there is no danger in Mumbai because This happens every year during early monsoon rains in mumbai and this is nothing new for mumbaikars.
Govt. is not bothered about people and people are also not bothered about themselves. The amount of garbage that is collected leads to flooding especially use of plastic. People are never bothered to keep their surroundings clean and pray every year during monsoons that their houses donot get flooded. CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS.
Flash For Lloyd D''souza, Dubai. Where were you when the floods were happening? In Dubai? All it takes is the political will, minus corruption to harness all this water so that droughts can be avoided. Floods, besides the inconvenience, cost the State millions of Rupees. "Praying" and "Trusting" needs something Pragmatic for a workable solution to emerge. Try falling into an Open Manhole. Let''s see if you are still smiling after that!
Hi Thomas, there''s no danger in Mumbai. This happens every year during early monsoon rains in mumbai and this is nothing new for mumbaikars.
Once again Mumbaikars have shown resilience, and trying their best to get on with their normal life. They rarely complain! Couldn`t agree more with S.Dhooma`s comments above. Thanks Daijiworld/Rons Bantwal for the excellent photographs and coverage.
Amchii Mumbai, see how it is? there is no way to go water out from the city!
Sarkar ani lok, doni ekth .... sudernanth
Its time to blame so called locals instead fighting against Bihaari why cant they fight for such things...?
Rajesh, this from god dear not from state or central govt.
Saathi haath badna...mumbaikars are nowadays used to each and everything... if you are from Mumbai you can adjust anywhere in the world!!!
Flood......but still smile on faces........still people busy in thier work........We never stop,We enjoy every part of life, In every problem we are United, We Pray, We Trust...........We are Indians, Proud to be Indian
Hi guys now to whom you will blame??? state govt or central govt??? (both Cong. govt.)
Somebody looks at these pictures will think what is crazy in Mumbai. I think some of the infrastructure has to be improved than fighting over North Indian issue.
How many times Mumbai flooded? People learnt nothing from the nature
PAANI PAANI RE...OOPS!!! DANGER IN MUMBAI...
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