Riddled With Potholes, East Mumbai Braces For A Bumpy Ride This Monsoon

With the monsoon in full force, roads in Mumbai's eastern suburbs are now littered with potholes.

Heavy rains lashed the city in the last 24 hours with suburban train services running 10-15 minutes behind the schedule, but no incident of water-logging was reported so far.

Mumbai's iconic landmark - the Bandra-Worli Sea Link - was obscured from view today on account of heavy rains.

Rains continued to lash Mumbai for the third consecutive day today, slightly disrupting suburban train services, even as the weather department predicted heavy showers over the next two days in Mumbai, Konkan and Goa region.

A day after the monsoon hit Mumbai, commuting in the city was hellacious, with angry residents posting complaints on Twitter.

The monsoon has arrived, and more than relief it seems to be bringing pain for Mumbai, especially those commuting by train.

Finally it's time for some smiles on the faces of Mumbaikars as heavy pre-monsoon showers welcomed the city in the early hours of Saturday.

Monsoon rains won't hit Kerala before June 9, but Mumbai saw a cloudy, overcast evening on Tuesday. Here's a 360-degree view of crowds enjoying the weather near the Gateway of India.

Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) today said it ensured cancellation of two 'rain dance' events organised on the occasion of Holi.

A BJP legislator in Mumbai has written to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Commissioner (BMC) seeking a ban on "rain dance" functions in the metro during the festival of Holi.

Mumbai and some other parts of Maharashtra today experienced light rains, bringing down the mercury.

Unexpected rains in the wee hours of Friday took Mumbaikars by surprise, as people flooded social media early in the morning by posting pictures and welcoming the showers.

As Mumbai city and the surrounding areas received brief showers this evening, the Met department has forecast unseasonal rains and hailstorms in the central Maharashtra and Marathwada over the next two days.

A row of shops caught fire in Mumbai's Bandra today. The blaze reportedly began at a shoe store on Linking Road. Because leather and plastic items caught fire, the flames spread quickly, said fire safety officials.

Heavy rains has been lashing Mumbai and surrounding areas since last night and has led to suburban train services, on both Central and Western lines, being delayed since morning.

Trains in Mumbai were running at least 25 minutes late on Tuesday morning because of incessant rain.

The monsoon woes of Mumbaikars continued on Tuesday morning as train services on the Central line were disrupted after an overhead wire snapped near Dadar railway station.

Landslides triggered by heavy rain has blocked the Mumbai-Pune Expressway stopping vehicular traffic. Landslides have been reported at a few places including Dabhol Village in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra; efforts are on to clear the highway.

Friday's flooding of Mumbai has brought the focus back on BRIMSTOWAD, the BrihanMumbai Storm Water Disposal System, which has seen cost escalation and delays. Under the system, launched after the disastrous 2005 floods, the government plans to upgrade the city's 100-year-old drainage system and construct new pumping stations.

As torrential rains pummelled Mumbai, the 24x7 helpline number of the Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) has not stopped ringing since the last two days with civic officials working overtime attending to complaints of water-logging and traffic woes across the metropolis.

Operations at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) in Mumbai were hit this evening following a snag in radar.

Around 80 per cent of the 3.5 lakh shops in the city remained shut on Friday, the day when Mumbai came to a standstill thanks to the incessant rainfall. If industry members are to be believed, the losses would have reached Rs 500 crore by Friday.

After 15 days' worth of rain on Friday left Mumbai battered and struggling to cope, the city is slowly returning to normalcy today. With just a light drizzle this morning, water has started to recede from the roads, and many people can be seen on the streets. Train services, which were badly hit due to waterlogging yesterday, have resumed.

Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp proved a boon today for several stranded commuters, helping them get real-time traffic and train updates, and instant car-pooling offers to reach their destinations in the wake of torrential rains in the city.