Mumbai rains today: Netizens urge BMC to set up ‘special swimming classes’ as waterlogging reported in many areas

Mumbai rains today: Mumbai woke up to incessant rain, bringing the city to a standstill, with numerous areas waterlogged while hindering transport and flight services. The largely affected areas include Sion, Kurla, Dadar and Parel.

According to weather officials, Mumbai's Nariman Point area recorded 40 mm of rainfall between 6 am and 7 am today, while Grant Road received 36 mm, Colaba saw 31 mm, and Byculla experienced 21 mm of rainfall. Light rain is also being reported across the city's eastern and western suburbs, they said.

Netizens react

One of the social media users said, “Special swimming classes should be introduced by BMC.” Another remarked, “We spend billions on our infrastructure. But every monsoon it is the same story.” “Duniya khatam hojayegi par Hindmata me mansoon me pani bharana kabhi khatam nahi hoga”, “Never ending problem”, “Never have I seen such rains in May.. it feels like July weather in Mumbai” were some other comments made.

Mumbai has been experiencing heavy rainfall and waterlogging in several areas since last week. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has advised residents to avoid stepping out unless absolutely necessary.

In addition, the BMC, along with the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), has identified 96 buildings across the city as hazardous during the monsoon, reports said. Approximately 3,100 residents have been asked to relocate to safer locations.

The IMD stated, “Conditions are favourable for further advance into some more parts of central Arabian Sea, more parts of Maharashtra including Mumbai, Karnataka including Bengaluru, some parts of Andhra Pradesh, remaining parts of Tamil Nadu, more parts of west-central and North Bay of Bengal and some more parts of North Eastern states during next three days.”

Suburban train services on the Central and Western Railway experienced delays, while road traffic was affected by reduced visibility. “Suburban trains are delayed by eight to 10 minutes because of reduced speed on account of low visibility due to incessant downpour,” PTI quoted a spokesperson of the Central Railway as saying.