Mumbai receives moderate showers, no major water-logging; IMD predicts heavy rain

Mumbai, July 28

Most parts of Mumbai received light rain with occasional spells of moderate to heavy showers on Friday, but the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rain in the city.

As the intensity of rain reduced, no major waterlogging was reported anywhere in the metropolis, officials said.

Some motorists complained that traffic on the Eastern as well as Western expressways was moving slow, but there was no issue on the Eastern Freeway connecting Chembur to south Mumbai.

The city traffic police said there was a traffic snarl on the Sion-Panvel highway after a chemical tanker overturned at Uran Phata in Navi Mumbai in the morning.

“There was no major waterlogging anywhere in the city as the intensity of rain reduced in the morning. Most parts of the city have been witnessing mostly light rain with occasional spells of heavy rain,” a civic official said.

The IMD has issued a yellow alert, predicting heavy to very heavy rain in the city and suburbs with the possibility of extremely heavy rain at isolated places, he added.

There could be occasional gusty winds reaching 40-50 kmph as per the weather bureau’s prediction, the official said.