Due to heavy rains in Mumbai, the Meteorological Department issued a red alert, schools and colleges were closed.
The whole country is facing the brunt of floods and rains. Many bridges, houses and roads were washed away due to rain in Himachal and Uttarakhand. At the same time, the economic capital of the country is also not untouched by this. Heavy rains have been going on in Mumbai for several days. The situation of water logging continues in many areas of the city. People are facing a lot of trouble in movement. Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for heavy rains for Mumbai. According to the Meteorological Department’s warning, there may be heavy rains in Mumbai and its surrounding areas today. At the same time, in view of the warning, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to keep all the schools and colleges closed as a precaution.
8 thousand cusecs of water in Kolhapur
Due to heavy rains in Mumbai, the Tansa Dam which provides water to the city of Mumbai is filled with water and is overflowing. The Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for rain for Thane, Palghar and Raigad. In view of this heavy rain alert, Mumbai University has canceled all the examinations to be held today. An alert has been issued by the administration to Shahpur, Bhiwandi and Palghar districts. 1100 cusecs of water has been released from Tansa Dam. The administration has instructed the villagers to stay away from the water of the dam. At the same time, five gates of Radhanagari dam in Kolhapur district have been opened. Due to this, 8 thousand cusecs of water has been released.
Heavy rain in Colaba
Officials say that Mumbai received 1502 mm of rain in July 2020, but from July 1 to July 26, it received 1557.8 mm of rain, which means the previous record has been broken. According to the Meteorological Department, Colaba in Mumbai has received maximum rainfall in the last 24 hours. It has received 223.2 mm of rain. At the same time, 145.1 mm of rain has been received in Santa Cruz, 153.5 mm in CSMT.
