Normal life was disrupted due to severe waterlogging after heavy rains lashed Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Wednesday with the advance of the monsoon in the state. Mumbai local train services were also suspended between some stations due to waterlogging on the tracks.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday reviewed the situation from Mumbai Municipal Control Room as well as from collectors of Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Palghar.
The Chief Minister had conducted a meeting of the Disaster Management Department and directed all the agencies to be prepared and alert in view of the possibility of heavy rains. This morning, he sought information from the concerned department and asked the administration to take immediate steps to ensure that there must not be any inconvenience for citizens of Mumbai and coastal districts and see that relief work would continue properly wherever required.CM also instructed administration to see that there would be no disruption in patient care of any other form including Covid.The heavy rainfall also caused traffic snarls in different parts of the city. Mumbai has been receiving rainfall since Tuesday night.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded rainfall in Santacruz at 50.4 mm and in Colaba at 65.4 mm.
"Monsoon has arrived in Mumbai today, normal arrival date is June 10 every year so it has arrived prior to the average arrival date," said Dr Jayanta Sarkar, Deputy Director General (DDG), IMD Mumbai.
The IMD in a tweet said that the southwest monsoon is likely to advance into more parts of Maharashtra and is likely to advance into more parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, some parts of Odisha, and more parts of West Bengal during the next two days.
Earlier on Monday, IMD warned of heavy rains during four days from June 9 to 12 in all districts in the Konkan, including the Mumbai metropolitan areas.