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As Mumbai drowns in torrential rain again, Twitter asks, 'office aana zaruri hai kya'
Updated : Jul 09, 2018, 11:26 AM IST
Mumbai was brought to a grinding halt as torrential rains continue to pound the Maximum City on Monday. (LIVE UPDATES)
Mumbaikars woke up to yet another rainy Monday with several streets chocked with chronic water-logging. From Churchgate to Nalla Sopara, the situation does not seem to get any better.
With streets flooded, many took to Twitter to express their anguish. Here are some of the best tweets get the rains-on-Monday-mood spot on:
Don't wait for your boss to say aaj mat aa. Dil ki sun aur soja.#MumbaiRains #MumbaiRain #MumbaiRainsLive
— Kriss (@Kris83762539) July 9, 2018
Do I head to work or do I sleep? #MumbaiRain tell me what to do?
— Unni Nambiar (@UooneyNambiar) July 9, 2018
In mumbai. The rain is not measured in 'cm' or 'mm' . It's measured in 'Train chalu hai ya band hai'. #MumbaiRain #AmchiMumbai #Mondaymotivation
— Khaleesi (@inshia1) July 9, 2018
Mumbai infrastructure after it rains for 5 minutes. #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/0qfzglFGCe
— Hardik Rajgor (@Hardism) July 3, 2018
Kabhi Kabhi Lagta hai ki apun water kingdom mein hai#MumbaiRain pic.twitter.com/x5jfIbYej8
— OMKAR SANKHE (@OmkarSankheblog) July 9, 2018
Insaan ki acchai waqt aane pe pata chalti hai,
— Devansh Kakkad (@DevanshKakkad) July 9, 2018
Aur Mumbai ke Employers ki baarish mai,#MumbaiRains #MumbaiRain
Woh Koi pul nahi tuta par raat se bahot baarish hori hai, tabh bhi..
— Rizwan Shaikh (@rizwan12116) July 9, 2018
office Jaana zaruri hai kya ?#MumbaiRains #Mumbai
According to the Mumbai Traffic Police, a road over-bridge in Ghatkopar area was closed for vehicular traffic as a precautionary measure after a crack was spotted in one of its pillars.
Since long-distance and local trains pass under the Ghatkopar bridge, the decision to close it was taken to avoid an incident like the bridge collapse in Andheri last week, an official of the Central Railway said.
Several roads were waterlogged and rail tracks submerged at some places as heavy rains continued in the city and the suburbs since last night.
The low-lying areas of Parel, Dharavi, Matunga and King's Circle in Mumbai and towns in the neighbouring Thane district, including Diva, Dombivali, Kalyan and Ambernath, were flooded due to copious rains.
Of the 26 weather stations in Mumbai and its suburbs, 14 recorded more than 100 mm rainfall since yesterday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) here said, adding the city's Chembur area received the highest 184.2 mm rainfall followed by Goregaon (162.2 mm).
The MeT department has issued a warning for "heavy to very heavy with isolated extremely heavy rainfall" later in the day in the metropolis and the neighbouring Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts.
It has predicted heavy rains in the city tomorrow as well.
(With PTI inputs)