Mumbai Rains: CM Uddhav Thackeray reviews situation, advises citizens to stay indoors

On Wednesday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray took stock of situation arising out of heavy rains lashing Mumbai for second consecutive day. He directed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to stay on high alert. Thackeray cited  India Meteorological Department's prediction that intensity of rains will continue on Thursday. In view of this, Maharashtra CM requested citizens to take precautions and t venture out of ir homes except for absolutely essential purposes. 

Thackeray asked BMC Commissioner to ensure that situation is handled with cooperation of police, Railway, Health Department, and National Disaster Response Force. He also called upon civic body to immediately act on inconvenience faced by citizens such as power out and accumulation of water. Shiv Sena chief also spoke to MMRDA officials about preventing any mishap at multiple construction sites of Mumbai Metro. ditionally, he reviewed situation with district collectors of Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Palghar, Kolhapur, Thane, and Raig districts as y have been experiencing heavy rainfall.

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NDRF to deploy 5 teams in Mumbai

As per IMD, Colaba and Santacruz recorded 22.9 cm and 8.8 cm of rain respectively from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm on Wednesday. At present, Mumbai is experiencing strong winds with wind speed reaching 70 km per hour along coast. During next three hours, intense to a very intense spell of rainfall is likely to continue over Mumbai. BMC anunced that temporary shelters have been opened at municipal schools between CST and Kurla where residents in vulnerable areas are being shifted.

Meanwhile, train services on Harbour line between CSMT- Vashi and on Main line between CSMT- Thane have been suspended due to waterlogging. Also, local trains between Mumbai Central and Churchgate were temporarily suspended as of 5 pm on Wednesday. To deal with situation due to incessant rains, 15 teams of NDRF are being deployed in Maharashtra as follows- 5 teams (two en route) in Mumbai, 4 teams (two en route) in Kolhapur, two teams in Sangli and one team each in Satara, Thane, Palghar and Nagpur. 

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