As Mumbai slept, torrential rains clobbered the city and surroundings all night, seriously disrupting road and rail traffic, besides hitting the movement of people manning essential services in the morning, officials said here on Wednesday.
According to IMD, till 8 a.m., south Mumbai (Colaba) recorded over 14.78 cm rain while the suburbs (Santacruz) notched over 28.64 cm rain from 8 p.m. on Tuesday, but most of it during the night, averaging to 36.03 cm for the city.
The IMD Mumbai has forecast another overcast and wet day with heavy rain as the civic authorities urged people to avoid stepping out unless necessary.
The Bombay High Court declared a holiday and certain high-profile matters like the bail pleas of Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik are now expected to come up on Thursday.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) which had summoned…