Heavy rains pounded Mumbai, Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and coastal Konkan for the second consecutive day, hitting suburban train services and disrupting normal life, officials said.
In a rare development, many parts of south Mumbai like Churchgate, Marine Lines, Marine Drive, Kalbadevi, Dongri, Byculla, Mazagaon, Parel, Dadar and surroundings witnessed heavy waterlogging, throwing the central business districts of the area out of gear.
Central Railway (CR) suburban train services were suspended between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Kurla on the mainline and CSMT and Vashi on the Harbour Line after heavy downpour, said CR spokesperson Shivaji Sutar.
Similarly, Western Railway spokesperson Sumit Thakur said that owing to heavy rains, some suburban trains were suspended and all trains were reversed from Mumbai Central, Dadar, Bandra and Andheri.
Three cranes collapsed at India’s largest container port on the outskirts of Mumbai due to strong winds yesterday, police and port officials said.
No one was injured when the cranes collapsed at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Kumar said.
The port is still assessing the impact of the collapse on the operations, its chairman, Sanjay Sethi, added.
Major landmarks like the Bombay Stock Exchange’s (BSE) Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Tower too suffered the brunt of the rain fury when its massive signboard on the 29th floor was ripped off and hung precariously.
Some sections of a cement cladding adorning the exteriors of the Jaslok Hospital in south Mumbai were blown off and fell in pieces on the road below, but there were no reports of any casualties.
In some areas, water rushed into ground-floor homes, shops or offices in south Mumbai as incessant rains continued all day.
A delivery boy pushes his scooter after it stopped working along a waterlogged road following heavy rainfall in Mumbai yesterday.
