IMD Issues Red Alert as Mumbai Drenched by 300 mm Rain; Building Collapse Reported

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.

“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 added.

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.

"Around eight days back, our manager complained about this, an official from the BMC came, he registered the complaint and no one came. Four vehicles have been damaged. There are no casualties,” the eyewitness told ANI.

(With inputs from ANI)