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Mumbai woke up to a rainy Monday as several pockets of the city saw moderate to heavy rains from Sunday night. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the Santacruz Observatory recorded 36.9 mm of rain through Monday evening, while the Coastal Observatory in Colaba recorded 50.8 mm of rain.
Earlier, as of 8.30am on Monday, Santacruz and Colaba Observatories recorded 26 and 35 mm of rain.
Meanwhile, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the Automated Weather Stations (AWS) in the island city recorded 44 millimeters of rain, while the eastern suburbs recorded 39 millimeters and the western suburbs recorded 32 millimeters of rain.
IMD in its five-day forecast issued an orange alert for Mumbai and Thane on July 19 indicating very heavy rain, while a yellow alert was issued between July 17 and 18. Since the rain hitting the city on Monday afternoon has increased in intensity, the IMD has upgraded the yellow alert to orange for a few hours. However, later in the evening it was reduced.
Besides Mumbai, an orange alert has been issued for Mumbai until July 21 (Friday) for Raigad, Ratnagiri and Pune. Meanwhile, due to heavy rains in Mumbai, many low-lying areas of Mumbai including Andheri MRT were closed twice to vehicular and pedestrian traffic during the morning and afternoon.
Meanwhile, IMD officials have confirmed that the city is experiencing heavy rains due to the low pressure that has developed over northern Odisha and the Gangit plains of Jharkhand and West Bengal.
“The associated cyclonic circulation is now over southern Jharkhand and the neighborhood and extends up to the middle troposphere level. Due to the active monsoon conditions that have developed due to the cyclonic situation, there is a possibility of heavy rains in southern Konkan and northern Konkan. When it comes to northern Maharashtra and Vidarbha, an IMD official said on Monday, There is a chance of moderate rain.
Meanwhile, Mumbai’s stock of water in the Seven Lakes reached 34% on Monday morning. However, civic officials said that this week they will conduct a review of Mumbai’s existing water stock, after which a decision will be made on whether to go ahead with the water cutoff. Right now, Mumbai is seeing a 10 percent drop in its daily water supply with water reserves reduced to less than 50 percent.
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