India Monsoon Live Updates: Rain ravages Mumbai; Monsoon will reach Delhi on June 15

Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs on Wednesday, causing traffic jams and severe waterlogging, inundating roads, subways, suburban rail tracks and entire neighborhoods. The southwest monsoon arrived in the city with a bang, while the Meteorological Department issued an alert for more rain. The southwest monsoon has arrived two days ahead of its normal date. Meanwhile, a red alert was sounded in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, where extremely heavy rains are likely to continue till Friday. As there is a risk of landslides due to heavy rains, 1,139 people from 20 villages have been shifted to safer places. In the wake of IMD’s warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall in the Konkan region of Maharashtra between June 11 and 15, the state government on Wednesday requested the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to send 12 teams to five coastal districts.

The State Disaster Management Authority of the State Government requested the Commandant of NDRF to depute the teams to Thane, Raigad, Palghar, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts by June 10 afternoon. The India Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad indicating the possibility of ‘very heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places’. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mumbai recorded 222.2 mm of rain in a 12-hour period – 44 per cent of the monthly average rainfall in June (505 mm). It said the city would continue to receive extremely heavy rainfall – over 200 mm in 24 hours till June 13. The highest 24-hour record for the month is 399 mm on June 9, 1991. The Corporation (BMC) along with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation once again took the wrong step, despite several assurances, the authorities decided to shut down the major Andheri Metro, Which was the first to be submerged for four months in the entire season. .