New Delhi: Heavy rainfall is expected to continue in Mumbai on Thursday, July 7, as the city grapples with waterlogged streets and disruptions of road traffic.The Indian Meteorological (MET) Department issued an ‘Orange Alert’ warning of heavy to very heavy rains in several parts of Mumbai and Thane and even ‘extremely heavy’ rains in other isolated parts of Maharashtra.#WATCH | Maharashtra | Andheri Subway waterlogged in Mumbai as rain continues to lash the city pic.twitter.com/7kiRhDVjel— ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2022The continuous downpour even caused Powai Lake to overflow on June 6.“The lake has a storage capacity of 545 crore litres and started overflowing at 6:15 pm, said an official. “However, water from the lake is not potable and is used for industrial purposes. It had overflown on June 12 last year. When the lake is full, the water area is around 2.23 square kilometres, while the catchment area is 6.61 square kilometres,” the official told news agency PTI.Road traffic was disrupted due to heavy water logging of roads across the city. Local bus service Best Bus, on Thursday, diverted vehicles on five routes in Malad, Andheri and more.BEST bus routes diversion and restoration due to waterlogging status at 7.00 hrs on 07.07.2022. #MumbaiRains #bestupdates pic.twitter.com/BQatm4loa8— BEST Bus Transport (@myBESTBus) July 7, 2022Although train services were partially disrupted on Thursday morning, no significant water logging was observed on the tracks and no trains stood cancelled.Residents of the city also took to Twitter to highlight the damage to roads the prolonged downpours were causing as potholes began to spring up in several parts.Near Ultimate Classes, Shankar Gali, Kandivali West,Mumbai 67.Accident Accident Accident, @mybmcWardRS @mybmc @TOIMumbai @mid_day @zee24taasnews @TV9Marathi @PotholeWarriors @RoadsOfMumbai @mybmcRoads @mieknathshinde @iGopalShetty #potholes #mumbairain #accident #kandivali pic.twitter.com/PCS4DDXnq8— Dakshesh Sarvaiya (@Daksh2324436) July 5, 2022What is the Percentage of Commission Earned on Mumbai Road Contracts?Deeper The PotholesBigger The CommissionWith this formula Mumbai Potholes have now turned into land being struck by asteroidLets Thank Thackeray For “Karun Dakhavle”#mumbairainpic.twitter.com/Vg2YvzWkfi— #ISupportDevendra (@Krunal_Goda) July 6, 2022Heavy overnight rains caused flooding at various places in Thane district and also led to water-logging around chief minister Eknath Shinde’s residence in the city on Thursday morning, officials said.Local firemen got a call around 6.15 am on Thursday about inundation near the Shinde’s residence in Louiswadi area of the city following heavy showers throughout the night, Thane Municipal Corporation’s regional disaster management cell chief Avinash Sawant said.Civic personnel rushed to the spot and cleared the locality of the flood waters, he said.There were also reports of tree falls at some places in the district, he added.Commuters wade through waterlogged roads in Mumbai on June 5. Photo: PTIIn neighbouring Palghar district, the wall of a Zilla Parishad school collapsed in Dahanu taluka on the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday after heavy downpour, an official from the district disaster management cell said.No one was injured in the incident, he said, adding that students of the school have been accommodated in some nearby schools.Local helped in the removal of debris from the area. Villagers have decided to send a proposal to the district administration for the construction of a new school building, the official said.Other districtsThe Met department has issued a red alert indicating heavy to extremely heavy rains for Pune, Satara and Kolhapur districts in western Maharashtra over the next three days even as the Panchganga river level in Kolhapur rose and is seven feet short of the warning mark as of Wednesday night, officials said.They fear that if the rain continues overnight, the water level of the Panchganga and other rivers will reach the warning mark (39 feet) by Thursday morning.Two teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have already been stationed in flood-prone Shirol tehsil and Kolhapur city.The red alert is valid from July 6 to 8 for the Satara district and from July 7 to 9 for the Kolhapur district.“During this period, the respective regions will witness extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in ghat areas. For Pune, a red alert has been issued for July 7 and July 8,” IMD officials said.Chief Minister Eknath Shinde spoke to Kolhapur district collector Rahul Rekhawar in view of the IMD’s warning, officials said.(With PTI inputs)
