Mumbai rain continues to affect city, local trains running late: Live updates
Despite promises of better preparedness from the BMC, Mumbaikars face hardships every year and this time too it seems no different.
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Mumbai on Wednesday woke up to another day of rainfall which is likely to leave many areas of the city flooded, playing havoc with road and rail traffic. As the city continues to reel under the rain, there have been reports of train services being delayed from several parts of the city. Despite promises of better preparedness from the BMC, Mumbaikars face hardships every year and this time too it seems no different.
Following are the live and latest updates of all rain-related developments from the Maximum City:
* Mumbai Police tweet about a crack in another Mumbai bridge.
The bridge at Grant road station has cracked, hence the traffic has been diverted to Nana chowk towards Kennedy bridge #TrafficUpdate — Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) July 4, 2018
* Due to some technical issues, train operations from PF No. 4 at Andheri has been suspended temporarily. This will lead to the cancellation of some slow trains.
* Although it has stopped raining now, thick clouds envelop the city.
* All local trains between Churchgate and Virar are running late by at least 10 to 15 minutes.
* Several local trains are running late and a few of them have been rescheduled.
@WesternRly Train 22953 MMCT-ADI Gujarat Exp DT 04.07.18 SCH DEP 05.45 Hrs is Rescheduled to depart at 08.30hrs I.E. 2 Hrs 45 min late due to pairing arrived late. INCV REGTD. — DRM WR MumbaiCentral (@drmbct) July 3, 2018
* In view of safety, trains are being run at 20 kmph near Andheri.
After Restoration of all lines between Andheri-Vile Parle on war footing, WR suburban services are running normal. However, trains are being run at 20 kmph near Andheri in view of Safety. #WRUpdates @drmbct pic.twitter.com/SoxlKvXJHx — Western Railway (@WesternRly) July 4, 2018
* The Met department on Tuesday predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall to persist for the next couple of days.
* It has constantly been raining in several parts of Mumbai and in the suburbs since Tuesday morning. Heavy downpour resulting in water-logging was reported from many residential localities in the city.
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