After a week-long dry spell, heavy rain lashed Mumbai and neighbouring districts during the night and on Wednesday morning, causing flooding in some areas and slowing down local trains and road traffic movement.
Eight people were injured after three cars collided in suburban Andheri due to poor visibility amid the heavy downpour early Wednesday, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation spokesperson said.
Two of them, who worked at a five-star hotel in Juhu area, were admitted to a private hospital, he said. The rain, however, brought good news for city residents facing water woes due to drying up of lakes and reservoirs around the metropolis, the official said.
The weatherman has predicted more rains in the city and its suburbs during the next two days.
The heavy downpour since midnight caused water-logging in low-lying areas of Sion, Dadar, Mumbai Central, Kurla, Andheri and Sakinaka, slowing down vehicular movement on roads, the BMC official said.
Nearly 171mm rainfall was recorded at the India Meteorological Department observatory at Colaba in south Mumbai between 8.30am on Tuesday and 5.30am on Wednesday, an IMD official said. The observatory in suburban Santacruz recorded 58mm downpour in the same period, he added.
Some buses of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) were diverted due to water-logging on a few routes in the city, BMC said.
