Mumbai Rains: NDRF, Coast Guard Asked to Help Stranded Passengers

Mumbaikars experienced heavy rainfall in the early hours of Tuesday, 10 July. The IMD has predicted heavy showers will continue till Wednesday, 11 July.

The Western Railways announced that it would be making arrangements for food and water for passengers left stranded, due to the regulation of several long distance trains, as a cause of waterlogging in various parts of the city.

• Flood-like situation reported in Vasai and Thane
• Water-logging was reported in several low-lying areas like Dadar, Parel, Sion, Andheri & Ghatkopar
• Several schools in Thane and Palghar remained shut on Tuesday

NDRF & Coast Guard Teams Asked to Help Stranded Passengers

Teams of NDRF and Coast Guards have been approached to provide relief in all possible ways to assist stranded passengers aboard the 12928 Vadodara Express, which is is stuck between Nallasopara and Virar due to the heavy rains.

Food and water, being loaded from Andheri, will be provided t these passengers.

Trains Affected Due to Waterlogging at Nalasopara

Due to the excessive waterlogging, amounting up to 400mm on the Nalasopara tracks near Mumbai, several long-distance trains from Mumbai have been affected. These are:

• 20 trains have been short terminated at various stations north of Nalasopara viz Dahanu Road, Gholvad, Sanjan, Valsad, Vapi, Palghar etc and are being reversed from these station for the return journey.
• 6 Down and 7 Up trains have been fully cancelled including Mumbai - Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express.
• The Down Shatabdi Express, which had left Mumbai and reached Nalasopara is terminated at Nalasopara and being brought back to Mumbai Central.
• 12951 Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani express is rescheduled to leave at 8 pm and 12953 AK-Rajdhani Express Mumbai, is cancelled.
• Additionally, the route of 6 different trains have been diverted as a result of the rains.

Waterlogging Near Matunga Police Station

Heavy waterlogging was recorded near the Matunga police station, where commuters were seen walking in knee-deep and waist-deep water.

We Are Monitoring & Taking Care of Situation: CM

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in a tweet said that the Disaster Management Cell all the concerned departments were working their hardest to provide every possible assistance to Mumbaikars, in light of the torrential rain.

He added that while local train services were running an average of 15 minutes late, about 11 places in total were reportedly waterlogged since the morning.

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News Source: Yahoo.com