The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Wednesday declared a holiday for all private offices and establishments, except emergency services, after heavy rain overnight led to severe waterlogging in several parts of the city, ANI reported.
The India Meteorological Department said the city received heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy downpour at isolated places in the last 24 hours. Santacruz locality recorded 286.4 mm of rainfall till 8.30 am on Wednesday, while Colaba in South Mumbai recorded 147.8 mm of rain, the weather body said. In Thane, 119.8 mm of rainfall was recorded during the same period.
Meteorological Department’s Deputy Director General of Meteorology KS Hosalikar in a tweet said heavy rainfall was expected in the next 24 hours. “Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Raigad be careful,” he added.
Train services on the Central and Harbour lines were…