While some Mumbaikars welcome the rains as a respite from the summer heat, others express concerns about infrastructure readiness.
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00:00Okay, as I said, we are in Mumbai today and it just so happened that Mumbai has experienced its heaviest rainfall in the month of May for 107 years.
00:11Now, you would think that Mumbai cars would be down with all the hardships that they suffer every time it rains heavily.
00:20But the truth of the matter is there is something about this city which means that the first onset of monsoon,
00:26the early onset of monsoon, actually leads to a large measure of good cheer because many Mumbai cars want the summer to end and the rains to come.
00:36Remember all those famous Hindi songs, Rim Jhim Gire Sawan and more?
00:41Well, what better place than Marine Drive to get a sense of why Mumbai and the monsoon remain special?
00:47We hope the infrastructure will improve but that spirit of Mumbai that we keep talking about, that is something quite special.
00:57I caught up with Mumbai cars and those coming around the country to get a sense of what the early onset of the monsoon meant.
01:05I leave you with those sounds and sights of a city like no other.
01:11Thanks for watching.
01:12Stay well, stay safe.
01:13Good night, Shubhra 3.
01:14Jai Hind Namaskar.
01:15Madam, where is your umbrella?
01:18I'm enjoying the rain.
01:19You're enjoying the rain?
01:20Yeah.
01:20You want to enjoy the rain? People are suffering in the rain.
01:23No?
01:24You enjoy the rain?
01:25Yeah, I love rain.
01:26You love rain?
01:27Where is your umbrella?
01:29I'm playing.
01:30You're all caught by surprise.
01:32Okay, there's a umbrella.
01:34I'm waiting for someone.
01:36You're waiting for someone?
01:37Yes.
01:37Who are you waiting for?
01:39Someone special.
01:40Someone special?
01:41Yes.
01:41In the rain?
01:42Yes, sir.
01:42I'm waiting for someone.
01:43I'm waiting for them.
01:44I'm waiting for them.
01:46I'm waiting for them.
01:46Rimjim Giray.
01:47Rimjim Giray.
01:48Sawan.
01:49This is the problem with Mumbai.
01:50They will enjoy any circumstance including.
01:53This is the problem with Mumbai.
02:02No, no, no.
02:04No, no.
02:05No.
02:05No.
02:06how are you all you don't have an umbrella
02:36yeah but we have one from Gujarat so we have one from Gujarat so we have one from Gujarat
02:41you are surprised that the weather is so fast?
02:44we are so tired from the weather that we have to come to the weather to Mumbai
02:49okay thank you
02:53let's go
02:54madam
02:55how are you going to get your umbrella?
02:58do you want to get your umbrella?
03:00yes I am going to get your umbrella
03:02yes I am going to get your umbrella
03:04do you get your umbrella?
03:06no I am going to get your umbrella
03:07do you want to get your umbrella?
03:10will you go to the hospital?
03:10yes, we will get all the people in the hospital
03:11I am going to check all theHA's
03:14you know i am going to get your umbrella
03:17okay
03:17They will enjoy even the rains, huh? Thank you, madam.
03:30How are y'all? How are you guys doing?
03:33Were you prepared for such an early monsoon?
03:36No way, no way. This is an iconic day.
03:38Iconic day? Why?
03:40Early monsoon coming to Mumbai.
03:41It's the earliest it's come since 1990.
03:44And it's the heaviest rainfall in the month of May since 1918.
03:49Oh, yeah. That's exactly why we felt it's an iconic day, iconic place.
03:53But do you think Mumbai is prepared for such heavy rain and for this constant...
03:57I mean, is the infrastructure ready or not?
04:00Or is it getting more and more difficult every year?
04:02Well, every year, I don't think so. It's getting any better.
04:05We hope that it gets...
04:07I mean, the authorities can get an early wake-up call to fix things.
04:12Enjoy the rains or not happy with the rains?
04:13Absolutely. Otherwise, it's going to be very hot during this time, right?
04:16But it's come very early, yeah, the rains.
04:18We're loving it, honestly.
04:19Really?
04:20Yeah.
04:20Look at the people who might...
04:21I'm there for a day, so she's loving it.
04:23Ask me, I'm a Mumbai car. I'm not loving such an early rains.
04:26Why?
04:27No, because we're used to June and then craving for let it rain.
04:31It didn't become so hot this time.
04:32Where do you stay?
04:33Bangalore.
04:34Bangalore is also collapsing in the rains?
04:37Which is the more difficult city to live in, Bangalore or Mumbai?
04:41Bangalore. It's horrible.
04:42Horrible?
04:43Bangalore.
04:44Bangalore.
04:45Bangalore.
04:46Bangalore.
04:47Bangalore.
04:48Bangalore.
04:49Bangalore.
04:50Bangalore.
04:51Madam, do you like this?
04:53How do you like this?
04:54Rain.
04:55Rain.
04:56Do you want to enjoy the rains?
04:57Yes.
04:58But because of the rains, people are...
05:00Lives are getting disrupted.
05:01Sudden rains.
05:02Is it so cold?
05:03No.
05:04No.
05:05No.
05:06No.
05:07No.
05:08No.
05:09No.
05:10No.