Many areas of Maharashtra have been receiving heavy rains since late night. Due to heavy rains, IMD has issued a red alert for Mumbai, Thane and Raigad at 12.38 pm. A warning of heavy rain has been issued in these areas. Roads have been submerged here due to continuous rains and traffic is jammed. Trains are running late, especially in South Mumbai. Between 9 am and 10 am, 104 mm rainfall was recorded at Nariman Point.
Trains were interrupted on Central Railway and Harbor line due to waterlogging on the tracks, while Western Railway was operated in general. The route of buses was changed to the streets. Apart from this, buses on some routes also remained closed. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will visit the BMC Disaster Control Room at 2 pm to review the situation. Meanwhile, the services of Mumbai Metro Line-3 are limited to Worli station due to technical problems.
The pre-monsoon arrived 15 days ago.
Disaster Management Minister Girish Mahajan said that pre-monsoon rains have come 15 days ago. He said that there has been a lot of rain in a short time. There is no hope of rain till 10-11 June. Colaba received the highest rainfall in Mumbai due to heavy rains in the morning. A team of NDRF has also been deployed.
He said that on May 26, Mumbai received heavy rainfall between 8.30 am and 11.30 am, with 105.2 mm of rain in Colaba. Other areas such as Bandra (68.5 mm), Juhu Airport (63.5 mm) and Santacruz (55 mm) also received heavy rainfall. This heavy rains are one of the earliest high -intensity rains of this season, with 100 mm rainfall in just 3 hours in Colaba.
The monsoon was scheduled to arrive on 5 June.
On Sunday, the southwest monsoon entered several parts of Maharashtra including Sindhudurg and surrounding areas. The monsoon came on 5 June 10 days before its normal time. This is the seventh time since 1960 when the month of May has come in the state so soon. It was first registered on 20 May 1990. Senior IMD scientist S.D. According to Sunap, the circumstances are favorable for the monsoon to move forward in Pune and Mumbai in the next three days. The coastal Konkan and Central Maharashtra received heavy rains, causing wet areas from Nashik to Kolhapur.
