Mumbai Rains: BMC deploys personnel to monitor situation

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 8 (ANI): Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Monday that its emergency personnel and officers, along with emergency control room, are stationed at various locations in Mumbai following heavy rains in the city.

The civic body said that Colaba recorded 83. 8 mm of rainfall and Santacruz recorded 267.9 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours. Mumbai city received a total of 2547 mm of rainfall, which is 27. percent of average annulal rain during the same period.

The BMC said that one incident of a portion of a house collapse was reported in the eastern suburbs. It said that 39 complaints of falling branches were received in the last 25 hours. No injuries were reported in both rain-related incidents.

The civic body said that a small landslide was also reported this morning at 7.06 am in the Vikroli Park site area, adding that work was on to remove the debris.

The civic body said that BMC Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani is monitoring the situation from the disaster control room.

It said that all Deputy Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners, and other systems of the corporation are active at various locations.

The civic body said that the Meteorological Department has predicted the possibility of heavy rain in Mumbai.

“Also today at 1.57 pm the high tide in the sea is 4.40 meters. In this background, as a precautionary measure and to avoid any inconvenience to the students, all municipal, government and private schools and colleges in Mumbai metropolis are also declaring holidays for the second session,” the BMC said in a statement.

Heavy rains in some low-lying areas led to waterlogging and disruption of suburban train services, said the civic body.

Water-logging was reported from Worli, Buntara Bhavan, in Kurla East, King’s Circle area of Mumbai, Dadar and Vidyavihar Railway Station.