Mumbai faces a 10 per cent cut in water supply from July 1

The rains have been late this year and the maximum city has minimum water. 18 million Mumbaikars are facing a 10% cut in their water supply from Sunday, July 1.

It's mid-June and Mumbai is still sweltering. While Mumbaikars are unhappy with the late monsoon, the delay offers the city's municipal corporation a chance to ensure the Maximum city doesn't come apart at the seams when the rain starts pouring down.

The city heaved a huge sigh of relief yesterday as it received its first showers giving Mumbaikars a much-needed respite from the terrible heat. However, even as people celebrated the showers, the lives of several were disrupted as train services were affected at different locations. On the Western Railway (WR), technical snags erupted at Elphinstone Road and Dadar st...

Heavy rains here forced Mumbai Indians to split points with Cape Cobras after Harbhajan Singh's side posted a dauting target of 176 in the alotted 20 overs.

Speedy Singhs also fails to excite at the box-office, while Bodyguard continues to rake in the moolah.

Mumbai weather: A disaster management team has rescued 33 people from a resort in Thane district near Mumbai. Eighty people were trapped inside the Silent Hill resort after relentless rains flooded the low lying area where it is situated. Twenty chartered accountants, two families, and a staff of 50 people were stuck at the resort, close to the Vaitarna River, which s...

Mumbai had a nasty start to its week. Heavy rains whipped the city, making the morning insidious for commuters. A portion of a small hill near the city's famous Haji Ali Dargah collapsed; one person has died. Residents of several buildings in the area have been asked to leave their homes.

Lakhs of Mumbaikars are gearing up for Ganesh Chaturthi festivities, beginning from September 1 but the pockmarked roads in the city may not provide a smooth ride for the elephant headed god.

It was a manic Monday for Mumbai commuters trying to get to office this morning. The Central line, which includes major stations like Byculla, Dadar and Thane, was closed by 9 am because water had accumulated on several tracks. Trains on the Western line, used by about 30 lakh people everyday, were running 10 minutes late. Flights at 11 am were delayed on an average...

Continuous rain in Mumbai has left several low-lying areas water-logged and traffic snarls on the two main Express highways today. Commuters had a harrowing time because of the jam

Mumbai rains kept the team of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Ferrari Ki Sawaari, starring Deepika, waiting for two months to shoot a crucial sequence.

The probe into the synchronised blasts which rocked South and Central Mumbai on Wednesday may hit a stumbling block as heavy rains lashed the area, triggering fears that crucial evidence may be lost before being collected by the forensic experts.Forensic experts of Maharashtra and from Central Forensic Laboratory (CFSL), Delhi, have reached Mumbai ...

Heavy rains that lashed the city today after a long lull set some of the Bollywood personalities complaining though few of them appeared to enjoy it.

Incessant rains in Mumbai have cooled down the city, but jams and water-logging have added to the woes of the people including Bollywood celebs.

Heavy rains continued to lash several parts of the metropolis for the second consecutive day today, disrupting rail and air traffic, causing inconvenience to a lot of commuters.According to Met department here, Colaba recorded 162.8 mm of rainfall and Santacruz received 116 mm of rainfall from 8.30 am yesterday to 8.30 am today.Train services on Ce...

Intermittent rains in Mumbai since Friday night has led to water logging in low-lying areas like Hindmata in Central Mumbai and Andheri in the western suburbs of the city.Air traffic in Mumbai is also seeing slight delays with arrival being delayed for 15 minutes and departures being delayed for half an hour. The visibility, however, is normal at t...

Rains have set a record with Colaba in Mumbai receiving the highest rainfall in the past 50 years. And there seems to be no sign of the rains abating, according to weather bureau officials. Colaba, this year, during the months of June, July and August received a whopping 2,896 mm of rainfall. This has been the highest received at the centre since 1...

Incessant rains continued to lash the city for the second consecutive day today.According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Colaba recorded 69.3 mm of rainfall and Santacruz received 138.0 mm of rainfall from 8:30 am yesterday to 8.30 am today.The weather bureau forecasts intermittent rains in parts of city and suburbs and heavy rains a...

As the heavens opened up over the city of dreams, Mumbai's western suburbs witnessed the highest rainfall of this season. Battling an acute water crisis, the incessant downpour brought a smile to many faces across the city."Santacruz registered 158.2 mm rainfall, which is the highest of this season in the suburbs. While on the other hand, Colaba's ...

A 6-year-old died and ten others were injured when a four-storeyed building collapsed in suburban Kurla on Wednesday night, fire brigade officials said."Rafiq Estate, a residential building in Qureshi Nagar area of Kurla, caved in at around 12.30 am," an official said.They said 10 people were injured in the incident and they have been rushed to nea...

Heavy rains lashed Mumbai, on Thursday, affecting road and rail traffic and causing water logging in the suburbs.The rainfall recorded in suburban Santa Cruz was 94.3 mm whereas south Mumbai's Colaba received 83.7 mm rainfall, the Met department said today.Train services were affected due to rains with many of them running late by 20-25 minutes...

For young Mumbaikars, Monday was a day of fun. They turned the city roads and bylanes into temporary playgrounds. Crowds were spotted playing cricket and football matches in the middle of the road, and the rain gods helped by not playing spoilsport.

A two-year-old girl was killed and eight others injured after a wall collapsed on a house following heaving rains in Mumbai. The incident occurred at 3.30 am on Thursday at Qureshi Nagar. A 15-feet wall of a Mhada building gave way and crashed on one of the houses in Yosuf Pathan Chawl. Civic officials said the deceased Jeeshan Abeed Hussain, was d...

Just before rush hour, South Mumbai was pounded by rain. At 4 pm, the skies opened up and over the next 90 minutes, 91.7 mm rainfall was recorded - abnormally high.Trees were uprooted in parts of the city like Santa Cruz and Colaba.  For nearly 15 minutes, runway operations were suspended at the airport. Flights averaged a delay of 45 minutes ...