Incessant rains lash Mumbai; more coming in the next 24 hours

Incessant rains continued to lash Mumbai city and neighbouring districts on Saturday, throwing normal life out of gear even as weathermen predicted heavy showers across the state for Sunday.

Local trains were running late on the Central Railway this morning, inconveniencing daily commuters. However, vehicular traffic remained undisrupted and no water logging incidents were reported, disaster management officials said.

According to data by the Meteorological department, Mumbai city recorded 10.42 mm of rainfall, while eastern and western suburbs of the metropolis recorded 4.88 mm and 12.29 mm rainfall overnight.

Private weather forcaster Skymet said that in span of 24 hours from 8:30 am on Friday, the Santa Cruz Observatory had recorded 115 mm of rain, while Colaba Observatory received 98 mm.

Further weather models indicated that weather conditions are still favourable for good showers to continue over the financial capital during the next 48 hours.

According to Skymet Weather, these ongoing rains can be attributed to the cyclonic circulation prevailing over South Gujarat region. The system has kept the Monsoon current active over Gujarat as well as North Coastal Maharashtra.

Other parts of Maharashtra also received moderate to heavy downpour in the last 24 hours with Alibaug recording 186.7 mm rainfall, Ratnagiri 31.2 mm, Mahabaleshwar 21.9 mm and Parbhani 84.0 mm rainfall," said a weather official.

The department has also warned of heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours especially in North Konkan region including Palghar, Thane and Raigad districts.

Meanwhile, as per civic officials, heavy and long rain spells have resulted in satisfactory water stock in reservoirs.

Deputy Municipal Commissioner (General administration) Sudhir Naik on Friday told reporters that the water stock in reservoirs crossed the nine lakh million litre mark on July 29, reducing daily supply woes.

Last week, the civic body had revoked 20 per cent water cut in the city.

In a rain related incident, a security guard was injured on Saturday morning when a tree branch fell on him near the Income tax office at Churchgate following which he was rushed to a civic hospital.

Photographs: Sahil Salvi