Many passengers remain stranded in Mumbai; IMD predicts heavy rain till August 8

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Mumbai: Thousands of passengers continued to remain stranded in Maharashtra's Mumbai and adjoining areas after number of long distance trains got cancelled or rescheduled or diverted following two days of excessive rainfall and waterlogging in the state. 

At least 12 trains were cancelled, six were short terminated, two were partially cancelled while one each was diverted and rescheduled at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus. The Central Railways confirmed that at least 73 long-distance trains were cancelled or partially cancelled due to excessive rains in the state.

Meanwhile, the Gangapur Dam in Nashik district witnessed a rise in the water level due to incessent downpour in Maharashtra. However, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) succcessfully rescued 115 people stranded in the flood-hit areas in Pune's Baner following heavy showers.

The weather bullitin of the India Meteorological Department (MeT) forcast that Maharashtra would continue to witness incessent rainfall till August 8, with "heavy to extremely heavy rain" predicted in Pune, parts of Vidarbha and Konkan.

Here are the highlights:

05 August 2019

17:03 IST

T/N 22933 Jaipur-Bandra Terminus Superfast Express scheduled to leave on August 5 has been cancelled due to heavy rainfall. 

@WesternRly Trn no 22933 BDTS-Jaipur superfast exp of date 05/08/19 has been cancelled due to heavy rains. Inconvenience deeply regretted.

— DRM WR MumbaiCentral (@drmbct) August 5, 2019

16:56 IST

Due to heavy rainfall in Maharashtra, the following trains of the Western Railways have been diverted:

• 17038( Hisar-Secunderabad) JCO 04/08/19
• 16337(Okha-Ernakulam) JCO 05/08/19
• 19023 (Mumbai Central-Firozpur) JCO 5/8/19
• 12655 (Ahmedabad-MGR Chennai Central)JCO 5/8/19

Diversion of trains. 17038( Hisar-Secunderabad) JCO 04/08/19 diverted via Kashipura–Vadodara-Godhra- Bhopal-Itarsi-Nagpur-Balharshah. 16337(Okha-Ernakulam) JCO 05/08/19 diverted via Anand-Godhra-Rarlam-Bhopal-Itarsi- Khandwa-Bhusaval-Kalyan. @wrdrmrjt @drmadiwr @DRMBRCWR

— Western Railway (@WesternRly) August 5, 2019

Diversion of trains.19023 (Mumbai Central-Firozpur) JCO 5/8/19 diverted Via Surat-Jalgaon- Bhopal -Bina-Jhansi-Agra-Mathura.12655 (Ahmedabad-MGR Chennai Central)JCO 5/8/19 diverted via Palej–Vadodara -Godhra-Bhopal-Itarsi-Nagpur-Balharshah @drmadiwr @drmbct @DRMBRCWR @RatlamDRM

— Western Railway (@WesternRly) August 5, 2019