In Photos | Mumbai Rains: Roads Waterlogged and Rail Services Hit

The southwest monsoon hit Mumbai, waterlogging roads, leading to disruption of traffic and train services.

Waterlogged roads after heavy rains in Thane.

(Photo: PTI)

The southwest monsoon hit Mumbai on Wednesday, 9 June, waterlogging roads, leading to disruption of vehicular traffic and train services. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for Wednesday and an orange alert for the next four days in Mumbai, Palghar, and Thane districts.

Thane: Waterlogged railway tracks at a station after heavy rains.

DRF team of Municipal Corporation prepares ahead of heavy rains in Thane.

Vehicles ply through waterlogged road at MAFCO market during heavy rain, in Navi Mumbai.

Vehicles ply through waterlogged road due to heavy rain in Thane.

The downpour has caused traffic snarls in different parts of the city, including Chembur, Eastern Express Highway, Dadar Kings Circle, Parel, Sion, Panvel, and GTB Nagar. Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray earlier on Wednesday visited the Disaster Management Cell of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) to take stock of the preparedness.

Vehicles ply through waterlogged road.

Waterlogged roads after heavy rains in Thane.

Waterlogged roads after heavy rains in Navi Mumbai.

Local train services that had resumed on Monday for essential service providers after the lockdown were disrupted on Wednesday on the Central and Harbour lines. The services between Kurla and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) remained suspended as of 5 pm, as water is reported to be flowing over tracks between Kurla and Sion stations.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) also tweeted the altered routes of the city’s BEST buses due to waterlogging.

Waterlogged railway tracks at a station after heavy rains.

Stranded local train commuters walk on the waterlogged railway tracks during rain at Mumbai’s Kurla.

Railway track submerged in rainwater during rain at the Chunabhatti railway station in Mumbai.

The IMD on Wednesday said that Southwest Monsoon is expected to advance into more parts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai, and into more parts of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal during the next few days.