IMD predicts Mumbai improbable to receive heavy rains

IMD predicts Mumbai improbable to receive heavy rains

With the 10-day Ganeshotsav beginning from tomorrow 19 September, IMD predicts improbability of Mumbai receiving heavy rains as earlier predicted.

Earlier, last week IMD had said that in the midst of September 14 and 15, a low pressure may develop above Mumbai which may lead to heavy rains following September 16.
The IMD, in its five day long forecast, had also issued a yellow alert for Mumbai, along with Thane, Palghar and Raigad.

As of Sunday, the alert was downgraded for Mumbai, but remains in place for the next 24 hours for Raigad, Thane and Palghar.

Chances of heavy rainfall during the festive weekend of Ganesh Chaturthi appear to be very bleak now, with the low pressure that had developed above the Konkan Belt of Maharashtra beginning to pass.

This year in the backdrops of the El Nino activity, Mumbai and other parts of the country are likely to be impacted and more so in Mumbai, there are possibilities of water cut due to the rainfall deficit in the main reservoirs supplying water to the city. With the festival season having begun, and with Dusshera and Diwali following Mumbaikars may have to brace for a water cut.

The water stock in seven lakes that supply water to Mumbai stood at 97 percent on Sunday.

News Edit K.V.Raman