Fury monsoon paralysis financial hub-Mumbai Grounds life line to halt

The five-days fury August rainfall grounded Mumbai’s lifeline. Following almost three days of school holidays, post the long Independence Day weekend, and with heavy rainfall still predicted for Maharashtra districts such as Mumbai, Thane, Pune, and Navi Mumbai on Thursday, the normal routine is likely to remain disrupted for another day.
The schools in most districts remains open on Thursday, August 21 though it remained closed on Wednesday. There have been no official announcements for a holiday in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune, or Thane on 21 August.

In total disregard of an alert for heavy rains, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the rainfall intensity is expected to ease from Thursday.
The weather agency said the rainfall activity is likely to reduce over Konkan and Madhya Maharashtra from today onwards with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall over north very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall (≥21 cm) over North Madhya Maharashtra on 20th and isolated heavy rainfall over the region during the next 3 days.

However, light to moderate rainfall is still predicted for most/many places very likely over the region amidst the next 7 days.

Reportedly, Vlogger showed flooded homes of celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan Hema Malini and others.
According to the weather department’s weekly forecast,
Mumbai is receiving heavy rainfall due to a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal and the strengthening of monsoon winds.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has deployed all its teams to manage the situation.
In a post on X, BMC urged citizens not to believe any rumours. In case of emergencies or for official updates, they are requested to contact the BMC’s Emergency Control Room by dialling the helpline number 1916.
 

News Edit KV Raman