Mumbai and its surrounding areas received record rains on Wednesday, killing at least five people in various incidents. This year’s monsoon saw three such record-breaking rains that have stalled the country’s commercial capital. Vijayendra in Goregaon on Wednesday evening. Two workers named Bagdi (36) and Jagdish Parmar (54) fell due to dizziness. They rushed to a nearby hospital, but was later pronounced dead there.
Shahrukh a 24-year-old youth named Sheikh drowned in Mahim Creek near Kurla and in the evening his body was taken out by the Mumbai fire team.
A boy had jumped into the sweltering sweet river with his three friends to swim, which was not found even after being searched by the Indian Navy till Thursday morning.Officers found the body of a 60-year-old man named Ashok D. Mayekar floating near Hindmata area, a heavily flooded area in south-central Mumbai.
The Disaster Management of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) released the rainfall data on September 4, saying the city recorded 127.9 millimeters (weather total – 2,263.2 millimeters), the eastern suburbs received 173.4 millimeters (3,006.3 millimeters) of rain and The southern suburbs received 186.0 millimeters (2,765.1 millimeters) of rain.The city and suburbs had a total average of 102.73 millimeters and 114.79 millimeters, respectively, with a season average of 2,358 millimeters and about 114 percent of annual rainfall.
According to the scale of rainfall recorded by the BMC in various areas, at least 15 places in Mumbai received 20 cm and more than 30 cm of rainfall within 24 hours on 4 September.In view of the flood situation in the Mithi River due to heavy rains, rescue agencies shifted 1,400 people to Krantinagar and Bali Bazaar areas of Kurla where their houses were flooded due to security.
Another 2,300 people stranded in various areas of the city, including the railway station, have been kept in temporary residences in various parts of the city.After Wednesday’s holiday, Education Minister Ashish Sheller announced a holiday for all schools and junior colleges in these districts as a precautionary day also.
