Floodgates are used to release water into the sea during heavy rainfall.
Despite the heavy rainfall on Tuesday that lashed the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had to close its floodgates for almost nine hours owing to the high tide of 4.09 metre at around 9:49 am. This resulted in flooding in many parts of the city as there was no outlet for the water.
Floodgates are used to release water into the sea during heavy rainfall. However, on Tuesday, there was a high tide of 4.09 metre at around 9:49 am. As per practice, the floodgate is closed around three hours before the high tide to prevent sea water from entering the city. It is usually opened three hours after the high tide is over, by which time the sea water recedes.
On Tuesday, the gate was closed at around 5:38 am and it was opened around by around 2:56 pm, having been shut for almost nine hours. "Since a major water outlet was closed, a flood-like situation erupted at many places across the city," said an official from the BMC's disaster cell.
Like Monday, all of the city's 225 chronic flooded spots saw water logging up till the knee and above. Office-goers were affected the most on Tuesday morning due to heavy rain, flooding on roads and traffic jams and delayed Central and Western railway services. Major flooding was seen in Gandhi market, Sion Road number 24, Hindmata, Antop Hill, NM Joshi marg (Gawde chowk, Lower Parel station), RA Kidwai Marg, Wadala; Fitwala Road, Dadar Workshop, Bail Bazar in Kurla, Srirang Sable Marg in Goregaon, Bandra Talkies, SV Road and Milan Subway, where water level was above three feet.
Pooja Parvaskar, 40, a resident of Kandivali, received injuries after a tree fell at Charkop at around 5:55 pm. She has been admitted to Phoenix Hospital in the vicinity and her condition is said to be stable. A total of 21 complaints of trees or their branches falling was received by the BMC on Tuesday. In addition, there were four house or wall collapse and 30 short circuit cases reported. A single-storey building collapsed in Rawar Pada in Borivali (East). The building fell in the compound of another building and the boundary wall of the other building also collapsed. However, no one was injured.
Meanwhile, the civic chief will meet the police commissioner on Wednesday over false or fake message of cyclones being circulated on social media. A message of Bandra Worli Sea Link being shut owing to a cyclone was being circulated on social media.
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