Rains disrupt suburban services in Mumbai

“The suburban services on Up and Down slow lines have been suspended between Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) and Thane due to waterlogging at Sion, Masjid and Sandhurst Road stations because of continuous heavy rain,” a Central Railway spokesman said. “The main area of waterlogging was reported near Sion station where tracks were submerged upto 5-7 inches and to avoid any untoward incident, the train operations were halted between CST and Thane stations,” he said. The train services came to a halt at around 11.30 am and the operations resumed at 12.05 pm, he said. 

Since the train services have been hampered, the suburban passengers have been permitted to board long distance trains between CST and Kalyan stretch, CR PRO AK Singh said. BMCs Deputy Municipal Commissioner (GAD) Sudhir Naik said since Friday morning over 100 mm rain has been reported so far. An official from IMD, Mumbai region, said, “There could be heavy to very heavy rains in Konkan region in coming 48 hours while central Maharashtra region can witness heavy to very heavy rain in next 24 hours.”

The flood-related death toll in Bihar rose to 89 with 25 casualties being reported on Friday as 33 lakh people in 14 districts remain affected.  A staggering 6.41 lakh people have been shifted to safer places and 1,490 boats have been pressed into service for rescue and relief works, the Disaster Management Department said.