Heavy rains hit movement in India's Mumbai

Record ID: 1627086

  • Title: Heavy rains hit movement in India's Mumbai
  • Date: 16th July 2021
  • Summary: MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA (JULY 16, 2021) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS OF VEHICLES MOVING AMID HEAVY RAINFALL WATERLOGGED ROAD AMID RAINFALL SIGNBOARD READING NAME OF AREA IN ENGLISH AND HINDI VARIOUS OF VEHICLES MOVING THROUGH WATERLOGGED ROADS AMID RAINFALL RAINFALL VEHICLES MOVING ON WATERLOGGED ROAD MAN WALKING WITH UMBRELLA AMID RAIN WATERLOGGED RESIDENTIAL AREA (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) MUMBAI LOCAL RESIDENT, KRISHNA, SAYING: "This problem has been persisting for at least four years. Sometimes there is even current in the muddy water on the waterlogged road and there are other problems as well. When we tell the government and administration about it, they invested so much money and supposedly improved the infrastructure but see, this is the condition after a few hours of rain. When we ask them to take action, they tell us that they will certainly do it, but they don't walk the talk. It hits the poor the most. All the poor go to work and they get stuck here due to the unavailability of vehicles amid such waterlogging. Sometimes they get stuck for more than four to five hours." PARTIALLY SUBMERGED RAILWAY TRACK VARIOUS OF PASSENGERS STANDING AT PLATFORM SUBMERGED RAILWAY TRACKS PASSENGERS NEAR STRANDED TRAIN WOMEN WALKING WITH UMBRELLA ON SUBMERGED TRACKS PASSENGERS WALKING ON RAILWAY TRACKS TRAIN MOVING ON WATERLOGGED TRACKS (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) MUMBAI RESIDENT AND VACCINATION DRIVE OFFICER, GANESH RANE, SAYING; "I came here to vaccinate people but the waterlogging you see behind me is also filled inside the vaccination centre. I am told that the water will recede by 1 in the afternoon (GMT 0730) while the vaccination has to begin at 8 in the morning (GMT 0230). I come here from Dharavi and I have been seeing it over the years and I suffer every monsoon because of this waterlogged road. They keep showing that they are doing work, putting up big pipelines and all. But this is the condition after just a few hours of rain. Water is not receding, people are facing problems, and vaccination is stopped there." PEOPLE STANDING IN KNEE-DEEP WATER, TRYING TO REMOVE WATERLOGGING AS VEHICLES ARE SEEN PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN WATER IN BACKDROP PEOPLE STANDING IN CALF-DEEP WATER WATERLOGGED ROAD
  • Embargoed: 30th July 2021 07:23
  • Keywords: COVID-19 India Maharashtra Monsoon Mumbai coronavirus rain rainfall waterlogging
  • Location: MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA
  • City: MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Environment,Precipitation
  • Reuters ID: LVA001EM3AGCV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Heavy rains in the wee hours of Friday (July 16) led to waterlogging in many areas of India's financial capital Mumbai, throwing life out of gear for the residents.
    Rainwater also partially submerged railway tracks affecting the local train movement and other public transportation.
    The city municipal corporation said Mumbai has received heavy rainfall in the past 24 hours, up to 127.16 mm of rain in Western suburbs.
    Indian Meteorological Department has predicted 'heavy' to 'very heavy' rainfall for the rest of the day as well.
    Mumbai is looking to turn itself into a global financial hub but large parts of the city struggle to cope with annual monsoon rains, as severely clogged drains and waterways make the city increasingly vulnerable to chaos.
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