After Night Of Heavy Rain Mumbai Schools Shut Flights Hit

Torrential rain lashed Mumbai for the second time in weeks on Tuesday, flooding low-lying areas and paralysing rail, road and air traffic in the country’s financial hub. Schools and colleges have been shut today. The Met Office, which has predicted more rain in the next 24 hours, said the “worst is over”.
“We have removed warning (for heavy rainfall), intermittent rainfall likely over city and suburbs for next 48 hours,” a senior weather official said.

Flight operations, however, remained affected at Mumbai airport; a total of 56 flights have been diverted as the main runway is not yet operational.

Tuesday’s rain delayed services on the heavily used local train network, a rail official said, while road traffic was also disrupted by flooding. Commuters stuck at various stations since last night due to disruption of suburban train services were seen making their way home this morning as the situation improved overnight. Five Western Railway trains have been cancelled due to heavy rain; most running at restricted speed. Heavy waterlogging was reported on tracks between Vasai and Virar.