Mumbai rains: Events as they happened on August 30, 2017

Mumbaikars alleged that BMC totally let down the citizens who battled all odds to survive and remain safe or unhurt.

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Mumbai: A day after the Tuesday deluge which claimed five lives, Mumbai struggled on Wednesday to get back on its feet, with many thousands reaching their homes after being stranded for over 24 hours.

Thousands struggled to reach their homes on Wednesday morning - instead of rushing to work as is the usual weekday scenario for Mumbai`s eight million plus commuters.

Mumbaikars alleged that the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), India`s richest civic body with an annual budget of over Rs 25,000 crore and cash reserves of over Rs 61,000 crore, totally let down the citizens who battled all odds to survive and remain safe or unhurt.

30 August 2017

23:31 IST

The Santacruz observatory of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) here registered 331.4 mm rainfall on Tuesday, the heaviest since the July 26, 2005 record of 944 mm, which had caused the worst havoc in decades in the city.

This is also the highest rainfall in a day in August since 1997.

It was second only to 346.2 mm of rainfall registered on August 23, 1997, the data showed.

23:30 IST

Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray today praised his party-ruled BrihanMumbai Municipal Corp (BMC) for 'good work'.