Australian Minister's Mumbai Visit Cancelled Due To Heavy Rain

The heavy rain lashing Mumbai has led to cancellation of an Australian minister to the city, authorities said today.

While there were enough and more warnings issued regarding Mumbai rain, delayed action caused the chaos!

A day after heavy rain, 30 times the average, crippled Mumbai, the people of the city opened its doors and hearts to help their own.

The Mumbai civic body's transport wing BEST has moved in to fill the void created by suspension of suburban train services due to heavy rains by operating over 100 extra buses.

Just before the first light of dawn at 4:30am, office goers stranded at their workplaces - which got converted into makeshift dormitories for the night- made their way to the Churchgate station in south Mumbai to reach home.

Even as the country's financial capital reeled under the impact of heavy rains, Shiv Sena, which rules the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, today complimented the civic body for ensuring that the situation did not "go out of hand".

Mumbai's famed 'dabbawalas' today cancelled their delivery of over two lakh tiffins to office goers in the city following disruption in suburban rail services.

People stranded across Mumbai after the city was pounded by rain -- the heaviest in 12 years -- won't have to go hungry today. The Indian Navy has come to their rescue

In the 24-hour cycle since Tuesday 8.30 a.m. till Wednesday, the suburbs recorded 332 mm while the city notched 111 mm rains, the IMD said.

With six states, including Assam and Bihar, already reeling under floods, the government on Tuesday warned of moderate floods in 12 other states as the "extreme to very heavy rainfall" over the next three days is set to sharply increase water levels of 14 rivers and their tributaries

Suburban train services on the Central Railway (CR) mainline resumed this morning after remaining suspended for nearly 20 hours due to heavy rain that was 9 times more than usual

Mumbai Rains: Traffic stopped due to the incessant downpour and many people were stranded. Amitabh Bachchan lauded the efforts of Mumbai Police and the people for helping each other out

As Mumbai was pounded yesterday by heavy rain that was 29 times more than usual, many spent the night in their offices or homes of friends and strangers - wiser since the horror of July 26, 2005. Their only consolation was that today's a holiday for schools, colleges and offices

With Mumbai rains creating chaos in the city, Uber and Ola have offered free rides and suspended surge pricing to help the consumers.

Mumbai is slowly limping back to normal a day after heavy rain battered the city. The rainfall recorded in Mumbai yesterday is said to be the heaviest in 12 years, recording almost 300 millimeters in some locations. Today, several roads have been cleared for traffic and water has receded from some public areas. Local trains are also running, though most of them are be...

Traffic is almost clear and people can now travel by road, the Mumbai Police said. Train services have been restored on most lines and though local trains, Mumbai's lifeline, are running behind schedule, thousands of people who were stuck all night at offices are now returning home. Flight operations are normal. There was little rain overnight and this morning, but th...

When 33-year-old Urmila Dethe boarded a Mumbai-bound suburban train at Dombivli in the adjoining Thane district on Tuesday morning, little did she know that her journey, which normally takes just over an hour, will stretch for almost 12 hours.

Trains will run through the night if needed to evacuate passengers stranded in stations, the railways tweeted today as rain-hit suburban train services in Mumbai slowly limped back to normalcy with the first train in hours chugging out of the Churchgate station around midnight.

Mumbai on Tuesday recorded 298 mm of rainfall, the highest in a day in August since 1997, according to data from the India Meteorological Department or IMD.

Vehicles coming from Goa and Pune have been advised not to enter the rain-battered Mumbai as a precautionary measure to avoid a grid-locked situation in the megapolis, the police said.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday ordered suspension of toll collection from vehicles at the entry points of the rain-pounded city and at the Bandra-Worli Sealink till the situation normalised.

Maharashtra government employees have been advised to stay home tomorrow if rains persist, state chief secretary Sumit Mallick said today.

The Western Naval Command today said it has made arrangements to provide shelter to Mumbaikars who were left stranded after heavy rains lashed the metropolis.

With the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting an "extremely heavy rainfall" in the next 24 to 48 hours, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today urged the people to stay indoors.