Man Trips On Pothole, Run Over By Truck Near Mumbai, 2nd Death In A Week

A man was killed after he stumbled and fell because of a pothole and was run over truck in Thane near Mumbai in the fourth such incident this monsoon that has brought into sharp focus the poor state of infrastructure in and around Mumbai, worsened by rain each year.

Mumbaikars got some much-needed relief on Wednesday as heavy rains took a break and the suburban train services, including those on the Western line, resumed functioning.

As Mumbai deals with the impact of heavy rains, Mumbai Police has tweeted a message for Mumbaikars. The tweet is typical of the Mumbai Police handle which often posts important messages in quirky and interesting ways. This time Mumbai Police has used the F.R.I.E.N.D.S. theme song to put across their message.

Mumbai received the highest rainfall on Tuesday, while half a dozen districts went completely dry, as per the data released on Wednesday by the met office

Roads turned into rivers? Check. Areas turned swimming pools? Check. Trains slowed or stopped? Check. Flights delayed? Check. Boats out? Check. This was the Maximum City on Tuesday, as rains lashed relentlessly all through the previous night and day.

A damaged rail track, kept in place by a piece of rag tied around it. Then a passenger train passes over it. A video, apparently showing a man "fixing" local train tracks in rain-hit Mumbai, alarmed many as it was shared on social media on Tuesday, until a clarification came from the Railways.

Many residents of Mumbai and its outskirts had to wade through water-logged streets and hada long wait for their trains to get to work this morning. The city is grappling in the aftermath of Tuesday's deluge which was seven times the normal rainfall.

Mumbai has been reeling under the impact of heavy monsoon rain. The city received five times the normal amount of rain, which led to waterlogging on roads and rail tracks. At Nallasopara, water levels rose to 460mm, making it impossible to run trains. Heavy rains made the Mumbai dabbawalas suspend their services for a day. Education Minister Vinod Tawde tweeted that s...

Delhi is getting buried under mounds of garbage and Mumbai is sinking under water, but the government is doing nothing, the Supreme Court said today. It fined 10 states and two union territories for not filing their affidavits on their policies for solid waste management strategy.

An Air India Express flight overshot the runway while landing at Mumbai airport this afternoon, news agency ANI has reported.

Mumbai Weather: Indian Railways trains were running late due to waterlogged tracks.

The water logging on railway tracks has hit services and few trains have been stopped till the water level on the tracks recede.

Vinod Tawde, the Education Minister has instructed Deputy Director to keep schools in Thane and Palghar districts closed

It has been just over a month that the monsoon arrived in Mumbai, but the metropolis has already received 54 per cent of the season's rain quota.

Mumbai is struggling in non-stop rain that has stalled trains and slowed traffic to a crawl in places that have been flooded. Some trains have been cancelled while others are running late by 10 to 15 minutes as tracks are waterlogged after heavy overnight rain. Schools in the neighbouring districts of Thane and Palghar are closed today because of the rain.With the met...

For Mumbai residents, Monday was another day of incessant rain, flooded streets and traffic snarls. Met office said it was heaviest rainfall that the city had received in 24 hours. A woman was crushed under a bus in Kalyan after hitting a pothole on a flooded street. The Western Railway (WR) and Central Railway (CR) were running late by around 15-20 minutes due to wat...

After Mumbai woke up to yet another day of relentless downpour, flooded streets and waterlogged rail tracks prompted the education department to declare a holiday today.

Suburban trains were running late by five to 15 minutes due to water-logging on rail tracks in some places.

For the third consecutive day, incessant rain disrupted trains and traffic in Mumbai prompting the government to declare a Monday holiday for schools and colleges. It is the highest rainfall of the season so far in 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department said. Weathermen are expecting more rain in the next four days. Waterlogging was reported in several low-lyin...

After Mumbai woke up to yet another day of relentless downpour, flooded streets and waterlogged rail tracks prompted the education department to declare a holiday today.It is the highest rainfall of the season so far in 24 hours, India Meteorological Department Mumbai's deputy director general KS Hosalikar said.

Heavy rains continued to batter Mumbai, its surroundings and large parts of Maharashtra for the third consecutive day, hitting normal life, disrupting rail and road traffic on Monday

The weather department has issued a five-day weather alert for Uttarakhand, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra region. Heavy rain is also predicted in Telangana, Karnataka and Kerala.

A woman was crushed under a bus after she fell off a bike that hit a pothole in heavy rain in Kalyan near Mumbai last Friday. The incident, caught on CCTV camera, once again exposes the poor state of infrastructure in and around Mumbai, exacerbated by rain each year.

Heavy rain has once again exposed the poor maintenance of railway footbridges in Mumbai. Another bridge at Ghatkopar station was closed after cracks developed on it on Sunday. This is the second time within a week cracks have developed on a railway foot over-bridge. On July 3, the southern end of the Andheri railway bridge collapsed, severely injuring a woman, who lat...