KEY STORY
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Heavy rains that have been lashing Mumbai since Tuesday may turn more fierce today with intense rainfall predicted.
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The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert (heavy rain at isolated places) for Mumbai, Thane and Raigad and an orange alert (heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places) for Palghar.
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IMD warned that the rains could lead to localised flooding and water logging in low lying areas.
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The rains have affected local train services with the Central Railway suspending trains between CSMT-Thane/CSMT-Vashi due to waterlogging in Sion-Kurla, Chunabhatti-Kurla and Masjid.
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Considering the situation, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has declared holiday for all offices and establishments. Only emergency personnel will have to report to work.
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Due to water logging, many trains rescheduled/short terminated today. Mumbai-Bhubaneshwar special at 10 pm rescheduled.
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Bhubaneshwar-Mumbai Special at Thane, Howrah-Mumbai Special at Thane, Hyderabad-Mumbai Special and Gadag-Mumbai at Kalyan short-terminated: Central Railway
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Railway tracks submerged at Sion railway station in Mumbai, following heavy downpour in the city
#WATCH Maharashtra: Railway tracks submerged at Sion railway station in Mumbai, following heavy downpour in the city. pic.twitter.com/4CONRkH9Fk
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CONCLUSION
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Officials said that long distance special trains are being rescheduled. At 5:30am today, Colaba recorded 122.2mm of rainfall and Santacruz 273.6mm.
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The weather department stated that both the places continued to record very intense spells of rains throughout the night. “All four lines stopped due to water logging between Dadar, Kurla station and Masjid Bundar,” the Railways said, adding that services on Western line will continue as usual till further notice.
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Due to heavy rain and water logging between Churchgate-Andheri, suburban train service has been suspended, while suburban local service is running normal between Andheri and Virar,” Western Railway PRO said. Shuttle Services are running between Thane-Kalyan and beyond and Vashi and Panvel.
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Waterlogging was reported outside Byculla railway station and on P D’Mello Road between Dockyard Road and Reay Road. Traffic crawled at both these places. Waterlogging was also reported at Matunga Circle and traffic was diverted to Bhau Daji Lad Road, traffic police said.
