Mumbai had moderate to heavy rains on Tuesday, with persistent showers in several areas of the city after a one-day hiatus.
The “yellow alert” for the next three days has been issued by the Mumbai regional office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), which predicts severe to extremely heavy rainfall at isolated locations.
According to authorities, local trains—often referred to as Mumbai’s lifeline—were operating smoothly on both the Central Railway and Western Railway routes on Tuesday.
Some passengers, however, said that the train services were 10 to 15 minutes late.
Rains slowed down traffic in several areas, but generally there were no significant traffic jams, according to police.
Officials said that there had been no reports of significant water logging in the city.
Since Monday night, the majority of the city and its suburbs, including Sion, Matunga Kurla, Chembur, Andheri, and Parel, have seen moderate to heavy rainfall.
According to a representative of the Mumbai Electric Supply and Transport, there was no detour and bus service was operating normally.
According to a municipal official, in the 24-hour period ending at 8 am on Tuesday, the island city’s eastern and western suburbs, respectively, got an average rainfall of 33 mm, 13.21 mm, and 18.62 mm.
From Wednesday through Friday, Mumbai is under a “yellow alert” from the Regional Meteorological Centre.
On Wednesday, there is a very good chance of experiencing heavy rain in remote areas.
Additionally, it noted, severe to very heavy rain is very probable at a few isolated locations on Thursday and heavy to very heavy showers are expected at a few locations on Friday.