As heavy rains lash Mumbai and its suburbs, local train services between Badlapur and Ambarnath halted to a stop in Thane after there were reports of waterlogging on the railway tracks.
As of 8:30 am on Wednesday, all Central and Western Railway local trains in Mumbai were running normally. However, train services on the Panvel-Belapur Harbour Line route were affected to a "point failure" at Panvel at 9:40 am, Central Railway's chief public relations officer Shivraj Manaspure said.
The Badlapur-Ambernath railway tracks are also closed due to severe waterlogging, the Central Railway CRPO said. The rail tracks got inundated with water around 10:30 am.
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"Badlapur-Ambarnath section (UP + DOWN) closed from 11.05 hrs for traffic due to water-logging," Central Railway's chief public relations officer Dr Shivraj Manaspure said.
The official said train services on the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT)-Belapur route were running.
Many commuters of the Central railway claimed the trains were running 10-15 minutes late.
The Central Railway tweeted an update on July 19 morning, alerting that all long-distance trains were functioning normally and none had been rescheduled. These trains are running normally as of 8:30 am, Central Railway tweeted:
# Main line - CSMT - Kalyan / Karjat / Khopoli / Kasara
# Harbour line - CSMT - Panvel / Goregaon
# Transharbour line - Thane to Vashi / Panvel
# 4th Corridor - Belapur / Nerul - Kharkopar line
CR Monsoon updates on 19.7.2023 pic.twitter.com/jUP7j8UXV3
— Central Railway (@Central_Railway) July 19, 2023
The BEST bus service is also functioning smoothly, officials said, with no reports of traffic diversions due to waterlogging.
Visuals from this morning show heavy rains lashing the city of Mumbai, however, there are no official reports of traffic diversions due to waterlogging or flooding yet.
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IMD has issued a 'Red' alert for Palghar, and Raigad districts and an 'Orange' alert for Thane, Mumbai and Ratnagiri today. pic.twitter.com/HR0KUqGCPZ— ANI (@ANI) July 19, 2023
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert for Mumbai on Wednesday, July 19, predicting heavy to very heavy rains in the financial capital of India. Thane, Palghar, Satara, Kohlapur, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli and Ratnagiri are also under an orange alert, while there is a red alert for Raigad and Pune.
For July 20, the IMD has issued an orange alert for Thane, Palghar, Raigad and Ratnagiri. A yellow alert has been issued for Mumbai.
The IMD has forecasted heavy rainfall in the city and its suburbs with a possibility of very heavy rainfall at a few places. Hide tide measuring up to 4.25 metres is expected around 1:23 pm. Furthermore, isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to continue over Mumbai during the next three days, the IMD said.
Over the past 24 hours ending at 8 am on Wednesday, July 19, Mumbai and its eastern and western suburbs received 47.42mm, 50.04 mm and 50.99mm of rainfall, respectively.
With agency inputs.
First Published: Jul 19, 2023 10:51 AM IST
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