Heavy rains disrupts railway, bus transport – Office-goers inconvienced

Heavy rains disrupts railway, bus transport – Office-goers
inconvienced

Heavy downpours since early Friday morning disrupted railway and bus services resulting inconvenience to most of the office-goers, school and college students.

Intermittent heavy spells led to waterlogging on some roads and railway tracks, slowing down the public transport services.

Suburban trains, Mumbai’s lifeline, operated 15 to 20 minutes late.

As per a railway official water accumulated on tracks at Chunabhatti on the Harbour line due to heavy showers coupled with high tide.

The runway at both the airports, international and domestic were shut for hour with cancellation of 50 flights.

Infact, High tide and heavy rains can potentially cause flooding in low-lying areas as water doesn’t flow into the sea during that time.

As per railway officials, services on the Main line of the Central Railway were delayed due to a technical glitch in a train engine.

However, Western Railway claimed that its suburban services were “running”.

According to civic official, the 24 hours ending at 8 am, Mumbai’s island city recorded an average rainfall of 78 mm. The figure for eastern Mumbai and western Mumbai was 57 mm and 67 mm rainfall, respectively.

Meanwhile, Mumbai’s IMD centre of the India predicted moderate to heavy rains in the city.

News Edit K.V.Raman