Mumbai: Heavy rains continued to lash the city for the second consecutive day on Sunday, disrupting the rail and air traffic, causing inconvenience to commuters.
According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Disaster Management Cell, the city recorded 57.6 mm of rains, eastern suburbs received 36.6 mm while western suburbs recorded 32.2 mm of rainfall from 8.30 am to 2.30 pm.
Trains on Central line are running late by at least 20-25 minutes, while traffic on Western line is late by at least 15 minutes, officials said.
Road traffic was slow but there were no snarls on any of the arterial routes. However, air traffic was disrupted for a while this morning on account of the incessant rains that resulted in poor visibility.
"Due to persistent rain and visibility dropping drastically below 450 meters, flight operations at the international airport were suspended twice between 1010-1020 hours and 1030-1039 hours. This resulted in two go-around of flights which landed safely later. All operations are presently normal," a Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) spokesperson said.
Complaints of water logging were reported from areas like Hindmata, Andheri, Vile Parle, Borivali, Kandivali, Malad, Dharavi, among other. No incidents of house and wall collapse were reported, officials said.
Heavy rains triggered a landslide in Vikhroli area in suburban Mumbai, civic officials said, adding, "Landslide occurred at 8.30 am at Siddharth Nagar, however no injuries have been reported." Over ten incidents of tree collapse were reported, they said. The weather bureau forecasts that continuous rain would occur in parts of city and suburbs and heavy to heavy rain, accompanied by strong gusty wind, would occur in some areas.
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