“Due to heavy rain in mumbai suburban & harbour line train traffic delay due to watter logging. Effected station- CSMT- CHF-LTT,” DRM Mumbai CR tweeted a while back.
Videos showed severe waterlogging in many parts of the city. More than 30 lakh commuters travel daily on the Central Railway‘s suburban network.
The Regional Meteorological Centre of Mumbai had earlier issued an yellow alert for rains for Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Thane, Palghar, Ratnagiri, Nashik, Aurangabad, Jalna, Nandurbar, Jalgaon, and Dhule.
A twitter user, Ameya, wrote, “For those heading to the @CSMIA_Official pls leave home early. Waterlogging in andheri and surrounding areas, making it diff to access the airport. Inside roads too waterlogged. Powai L&T junction too is under water and even if you take the seepz road, doesn’t help #Mumbairains.”
Another claimed, “Do not take ghatkoper metro line route for airport. Heavy waterlogging before Sakinaka Metro.”
Approach road to Mumbai Airport T2 from WEH shut due to water logging, tweeted another.
