Heavy rains lash Mumbai and suburbs; IMD issues ‘yellow’ alert

TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ Mumbai and its suburbs received heavy rainfall overnight and the weather department has issued a ‘yellow’ alert, predicting heavy rains in the city and adjoining areas on Tuesday, officials said. Suburban services of the Central Railway were affected due to the rain, coupled with the failure of an express train engine during the morning rush hours. Some commuters claimed the local trains were running late by 20-25 minutes.

Heavy rains lashed Bandra, Dahisar, Chembur, Fort, Matunga, Byculla and other areas of the city during the night, as per civic officials. There was no major waterlogging anywhere on Tuesday morning as the rain intensity reduced, they said. Road traffic was normal though it slowed down a bit.

Central Railway’s (CR) chief public relations officer Dr Shivraj Manaspure told that the engine of the Gorakhpur-LTT Superfast Express developed a technical snag at Atgaon station in neighbouring Thane district, but they arranged a relief engine for the train. Trains on the route were diverted via a loop line, he said.