It is raining all kinds of trouble for Mumbaikars. The onset of monsoon in the metropolis brings life to a standstill.Incessant rain in the past 24 hours hails the annual flooding of roads. Average rainfall of 188mm has been recorded in South Mumbai and 172 mm in Western suburbs.Obviously, Twitter went berserk:
Water logging in June. It’s just the big ginning of rainy season. #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/uCtWCgznF6
— Bharat Desai (@bsdesaica) June 19, 2015
Mumbaikars have been advised by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to stay indoors and travel only in case of an emergency. The continuous rainfall in the city and the forecast of intermittent rain in the next 24 hours has led BMC to cancel all municipality-run schools for the day.
Some things never change #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/T8RVSYUq70
— Malhar Deshpande (@DMalhar) June 19, 2015
Even Bollywood actors posted pictures while trudging through water-filled streets of Mumbai.
Driving to shoot hoping dont need a motorboat on the way back #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/IrQbjlXVmm
— kunal kemmu (@kunalkemmu) June 19, 2015
Suburban services on all the three railway lines of Central railway (CR) and Western railway (WR) in Mumbai have been suspended due to heavy rainfall.
Looks like all trains on d western line r cancelled. Got these pictures via WhatsApp. Stay at home ppl. #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/yjuekhruQQ
— That Goan Boy (@schmmuck) June 19, 2015
Water-logging adversely affected many areas including Lower parel, Andheri and Churchgate.
#MumbaiRains water entered in houses in low line areas due to heavy rain. A Parel family struggling water logging. pic.twitter.com/wtzk5OL2Bb
— Vijay Kumar Yadav (@vijaykumar1927) June 19, 2015
Public transport was shut down completely in many places.
@scoopwhoopnews #MumbaiRains and some more pic.twitter.com/SO0O18lnHM
— Prateek Bansal (@pbans_07) June 19, 2015
According to the disaster management cell, the high tide between 1:30am and 3:00am, accompanied by heavy rainfall, caused water-logging.
#MumbaiRains Water-logged train tracks at Matunga Road station .!! @infomumbai @TrafflineMUM @smart_mumbaikar @mumbai pic.twitter.com/wc96aezPRX
— Jhakaas Sourav (@TheSouravPatra) June 19, 2015
As some parts of the country are receiving heavy rainfalls, there are places which are still facing the scorching heat particularly in North India.