IMD issues yellow alert for Mumbai
25-Jul-2024 05:55 PM 6707
Mumbai July 25 ( UNI) As monsoon fury grips various parts of Maharashtra, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an yellow alert for the financial capital Mumbai forecasting heavy rainfall on Thursday. In addition to this, an orange alert has been issued for Thane, Palghar, Pune, Kolhapur, Satara, Raigad and Ratnagiri today. IMD added that, “The districts of Konkan are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places. The districts of Madhya Maharashtra are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places in Ghat region." Moreover, Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) added that the districts of North Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada are likely to receive heavy rain at isolated places. The districts of Vidarbha are likely to experience thundershowers, gusty winds and heavy rain at isolated places. In an update shared by BMC, it said that Tansa Lake, one of the lake supplying water to the Mumbai, has started overflowing at around 4:16 PM today. Three gates of the Tansa Dam have been opened, releasing water of 3,315 cusecs. The full storage capacity of Tansa Lake is 14,508 crore liters. Meanwhile several vehicles were stuck in water-logged roads across Mumbai today amid incessant rain, forcing authorities to deploy over 2,000 traffic personnel to ease the congestion in the city. According to the traffic officials, the Andheri subway, a crucial east-west connector in Mumbai, was closed around noon and the traffic was diverted. “Due to 1/1.5 ft water logging, Andheri Subway, DN Nagar is closed for Traffic. Vehicular movement is diverted from S.V Road to Gokhale & Thackery Bridge,” Mumbai Traffic police posted on X...////...
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