Rainfall in July 26% deficient so far, says IMD
Rainfall in July has been 26 per cent deficient over the country, IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra informed Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday.
During his visit to the India Meteorological Department, Singh was also informed by officials that the IMD has 27 radars spread across the country and the number will go up to 50 in the coming years.
The minister spent over an hour studying the Southwest Monsoon trends. He also visited exclusive satellite and radar sections, and discussed the process of procurement of data on a real-time basis. (PTI)
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray held a meeting to review the rainfall situation
IMD issues yellow alert of heavy rainfall for 11 MP districts
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued a yellow alert for Madhya Pradesh as per which isolated places in 11 districts, including Rewa and Damoh, are likely to receive heavy rainfall. It also issued another yellow alert, predicting thunderstorm with lightning in Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur and five other divisions in the state. Both these alerts are valid till Monday morning, an official said. (PTI)
At least 23 people were killed after several homes were crushed by a collapsed wall and a landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rains in India's financial capital Mumbai, authorities said Sunday.
Rainwater also inundated a water purification complex, disrupting supply "in most of the parts of Mumbai", a megacity of 20 million people, civic authorities said. (Reuters)
CSMIA suspended flights between 12 am and 5.24 am on July 18
As a result of the inclement weather, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) temporarily suspended flight operations between 12:42 am and05:24 am on July 18 as a safety precaution. During this time, a total of 9 flights were diverted. Flight operations at CSMIA recommenced with effect from 5.24 am and is proceeding as per schedule.
Heavy overnight rains in Mumbai led to Vihar Lake overflowing
Heavy overnight rains in Mumbai has led to Vihar Lake overflowing on Sunday morning, a civic official said. A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation statement said Vihar Lake, with a storage capacity of 27,698 million litres, is the smallest of the water bodies that are part of the supply mechanism to the metropolis. The lake, built in 1859, supplies 90 million litres per day (MLD), the civic body informed.
BJP leader Ashish Shelar slammed the BMC for disaster management during the torrential rainfall seen in Mumbai in the past day. "Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is a complete failure in disaster management. Why has BMC faltered in saving people's lives? They have to answer. We demand that Thackeray ji initiate an inquiry in the BMC," he told ANI.
Water complex hit, boil drinking water, BMC tells citizens
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Sunday asked citizens to boil water before drinking as heavy rains over the last two days had led to flooding in the water purification complex at Bhandup.
The flooding has affected electrical equipment that control the pumping and filtration processes there, one of the major sites of water supply to the country's financial capital, he said.
While the pumping mechanism would be restored in a few hours, much more time will be taken to get the filtration process up and running, the official said, adding that boiling water before drinking was the best precaution at the moment.
The inundation at the complex has affected water supply in most parts of the metropolis, the official added.
Commuters wade through a waterlogged road at Dadar after heavy rains in Mumbai, Sunday.
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Heavy rain causes wall collapses in Thane; 1 feared drowned in drain
At least four incidents of wall collapse were reported in Maharashtra's Thane city following heavy overnight rains, but no one was injured, while one person was feared drowned in a swollen drain, a civic official said on Sunday.
Chembur wall collapse a natural disaster; we are trying to resolve the housing crisis, says Aaditya Thackeray
Over 200 mm rainfall was recorded yesterday. The incident was a natural disaster. Muddy water came from the hill. The wall was made of RCC but nothing could stop the force of water. We are trying to resolve the formal housing crisis in Mumbai, says Aaditya Thackeray
After wall collapse, 2 women stood on wooden ladder for two hours over fear of electrocution
Two women stood on a wooden ladder in their shanty for over two hours out of the fear of getting electrocuted after a wall near their locality collapsed in Mumbai's Mahul area on Sunday following heavy rains.
Fifteen people died after the compound wall came crashing down on some houses located on a hillock after a landslide at Bharatnagar locality in Mahul around 1 am, an official said. Laxmi Jongankar (40) was inside her shanty when people outside started shouting about the wall collapse in the area.
She opened the window of her house and saw other shanties were destroyed.
Aaditya Thackeray reaches the site of wall collapse due to heavy rains
Uddhav Thackeray announces 5 lakh ex-gratia for kin of deceased in wall collapses
Bhandup water purification complex shut down due to heavy rains, water supply hit
Filtration & drainage plants at Bhandup water purification complex have been shut down due to inundation of the complex following heavy rain, disrupting water supply in most parts of Mumbai. Efforts are underway to restore water supply, says Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation, ANI reports
Rescue workers search for survivors after a residential house collapsed due to landslide caused by heavy rainfall in Mumbai.
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Trains cancelled due to heavy rains: Central Railway
Heavy rain causes wall collapses in Thane; 1 feared drowned in drain
At least four incidents of wall collapse were reported in Maharashtra's Thane city following heavy overnight rains, but no one was injured, while one person was feared drowned in a swollen drain, a civic official said on Sunday.
Four auto-rickshaws were damaged in one of the wall collapse incidents, Thane Municipal Corporation's regional disaster management cell chief Santosh Kadam said.
President Kovind condoles deaths due to wall collapses in Mumbai
"Deeply saddened by the news of many casualties due to heavy rains in Chembur and Vikhroli, Mumbai. I express my condolences to the bereaved families and wish them all success in the relief and rescue work,"President Ram Nath Kovind wrote.
Deaths due to wall collapse in Chembur after heavy rainfall increase to 19, according to ANI.
NDRF team carries out rescue operations at Vashi Naka
PM announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia to kin of dead in wall collapses
Saddened by the loss of lives due to wall collapses in Chembur and Vikhroli in Mumbai: PMO
Streets innundated after heavy rainfall in Vasai
Vihar Lake overflows following heavy rainfall in Mumbai
Suburban's Western Railways services restored
At least 15 dead after severe damage to buildings due to heavy rains
At least 12 people were killed after a retaining wall collapsed due to heavy overnight rains in New Bharat Nagar in Vashi Naka of Mumbai.
In another incident of a building collapse, three people died after landslides caused several huts to collapse in Surya Nagar of Vikhroli. As many as 5 people are feared trapped under the debris, NDRF officials told ANI, adding that the rescue operations are underway
The death toll stood at 15.
Several trains cancelled due to heavy rains: Central Railway
Three dead in Vikhroli area aftera building collapsed due to heavy rains.
11 killed in Chembur after wall collapsed
Train services on Main Line, Harbour Line hit due to heavy rain, waterlogging
Rainwater enters houses in Kandivali East
Overnight rainfall inundates Borivali East
Local train services in Mumbai not running due to water logging
Mumbai, suburbs receive intense rainfall overnight; several places inundated
Several places in Mumbai and the larger Mumbai Metropolitan area were inundated following intense rainfall overnight.
Overnight rainfall inundates Evershine City, Vasai
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