: Mumbai rain: Several low-lying areas inundated, local train services hit #IndiaNEWS Heavy rain lashed parts of Mumbai and its suburbs early morning on Friday, leading to waterlogging in a few areas

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Mumbai rain: Several low-lying areas inundated, local train services hit #IndiaNEWS
Heavy rain lashed parts of Mumbai and its suburbs early morning on Friday, leading to waterlogging in a few areas and affecting the local train services, PTI reported, citing officials.At 1 pm, Central Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Shivaji Sutar said that train services had been restored on all corridors. This was after he informed in the morning that trains on Vadala-Mankhurd were stopped due to waterlogging at Chunabatti station. Suburban services on the main line between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and Kurla, and the Harbour line were also affected due to waterlogging on tracks near Kurla station in eastern Mumbai. The trains were running 20 to 25 minutes behind schedule on the two lines.Around 250 residents of Kranti Nagar, a slum-dominated area along the Mithi river in Kurla, were briefly evacuated after the water level touched 3.7 metres in the morning. However, as the water level of the river later subsided, the people returned to their homes, PTI quoted a civic body official as saying.Mumbai recorded 64.45 mm of rainfall in 24 hours till 8.30 am, reported NDTV. The eastern suburbs of the city received 120.67 mm and the western suburbs 127.16 mm.Meanwhile, the city’s civic body said that a high tide of 4.08 metres...Read more

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