IMD issues red alert for Mumbai, Raigad over next three hours amid heavy rainfall

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 5 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued a red alert for Mumbai and the Raigad district, valid for the next three hours due to heavy rainfall since Saturday night. Mumbai has recorded more than 250-300 mm of rainfall in the last 23 hours in a few areas of the city.
The IMD has forecasted moderate to intense spells of rain across these regions.
As Mumbai welcomes the monsoon with intense spells of rain in the last few days, a balcony of a dilapidated building in Belapur village, Navi Mumbai, collapsed amid continuous heavy rainfall. It is reported that the building was in a severely dilapidated state.
Several parts of Thane city witnessed waterlogging.
Meanwhile, Western Railway Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Vineet Abhishek said that operations continued despite the Western Railway suburban network recording staggering precipitation levels exceeding 250 mm since Saturday night, while some regions witnessed rainfall in the range of 150 to 200 cm.
"As we have been seeing since last night, and especially today early morning and particularly during the time when it was high tide it was also raining heavily and in some pockets of Western Railway Suburban section we saw rainfall in excess of almost 250 mm and in certain sections we also had rainfall in the range of 150 to 200 mm. There was heavy rainfall throughout our section, however this did not impact our train operations and our local train operations and long distance train operations, it continued uninterrupted without any issues," he said.
In Ghatkopar, a car was crushed after a giant tree was uprooted in the Vikrant Circle area early in the morning. A local has said that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was informed about the tree, but no action was taken.
The eyewitness told ANI that no official came after the complaint was registered, and no action was taken. He said that there have been no casualties reported after the incident.
He said, "Around eight days back, our manager complained about this, an offical from the BMC came, he registered the complaint and no one came. Four vehicles have been damaged. There are no casualties." (ANI)