On Tuesday, Cuffe Parade Residents Association (CPRA) came to the rescue of stranded Mumbaikars and provided them transport, accommodation and food. Most people left stranded were employees working at government offices at Churchgate. Members of the association helped provide shelter.

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CPRA — which has 49 buildings with 4,500 flats in both old and new Cuffe Parade area — alerted all their committee members to transform their offices into refuge centres after train services from Churchgate were suspended.

"As soon as we learnt that the situation would get worse, we decided to dedicate our day to help the affected people. We provided our vehicles as pick-ups to bring stranded people to our office for shelter," said Padmakar Nandekar, General Secretary, CPRA.

Retired IAS officer Avinash Zade, former Collector of Gondia and now member of the State Consumer Commission, too, was given refuge after heavy rainfall led to flooding in the city.

"I was in my office when I decided to take help from CPRA and spent the entire night there as the government guest house was full. We are happy that people come to the rescue during such natural calamities," said Avinash Zade.

Vijay Bhimrajka, President of CPRA said, "We urged all our members to come out and help those stranded, and so we gave out our vehicles for pick and drop services. It's humane and we believed it was our responsibility as the residents of this country."