00:00Heavy rains bring Mumbai City to a standstill.
00:02Orange alert in Mumbai. Red alert in Thane.
00:05Sweets are waterlogged.
00:06Mumbai cops issue an advisory over heavy rains.
00:10My department says the rains will continue.
00:11Schools are shut across Mumbai.
00:13Thane, maximum waterlogging in maximum city.
00:22I'll be getting in these pictures coming in from Mumbai City in several parts
00:26where there is heavy waterlogging that is being reported.
00:28Traffic snarls as well after rains, in fact, lashed the city.
00:35Mumbai is waterlogged in many places and so is the suburban of Thane.
00:44Vidya is getting in more details.
00:46In fact, I'll go across to Vidya in a moment from now.
00:48But take a look at this report that she sent in earlier.
00:53Heavy rainfall is being reported in Mumbai City since Monday morning.
00:57A red alert has been issued by the IMD.
01:01This is the low-lying area of Andheri subway where you can see some waterlogging
01:05and hence the traffic has been shut.
01:07But other areas like subways of Milan subway don't have waterlogging as of now.
01:12But Andheri suburbs seems to have reported a lot of waterlogging
01:15because a lot of heavy rainfall has been received.
01:17So in Lokhanwala area of Andheri or Veera Desai road, there is waterlogging which is being reported.
01:23Also, there is heavy traffic.
01:25One of the reasons also is that our people are coming to work after a long weekend
01:28and heavy rainfall has led to traffic in some areas.
01:31But if rain continues like this, it can cause inconvenience in roads and air travel.
01:36Vidya Mbassan, Saipur Satpatul Mustafa Sheikh for India today.
01:39We are right now in the Sian area of Mumbai and here because of this small low-lying area
01:46that happens right on the Eastern Express Highway, there is severe waterlogging
01:51which has led to not just this police station getting inundated but also the entire traffic.
01:57Now because of this entire bumper-to-bumper traffic that you can see right behind me
02:01and even on the other side because of this one particular spot on the Eastern Express Highway
02:07where the traffic is congested because of the entire waterlogging that has taken place.
02:13The traffic police are trying to do their bus best but you can see the school-going kids
02:20who should technically have been given a day off, it should have been called a rainy day
02:25but because the IMD in the morning had kept saying that it was going to be an orange alert
02:29which is basically that people should really just take a little bit of precaution
02:33but later they changed it with the weather not turning for the worse, they changed it to a red alert
02:41wherein they are asking people to be very cautious and there is a red alert right now
02:46for the next few hours in Mumbai.
02:49So such low-lying areas, especially with the kind of rain that is taking place right now
02:53will be certainly inundated for a while.
02:59With Cameron Mahesh more in Mumbai, Vidya for India Today.
03:03All right, I'm going to go straight across to Vidya for more details on that story.
03:07Mustafa also continues to be with us.
03:09First to you, Mustafa, where you are, it's clear that there is fair amount of waterlogging.
03:14Pictures behind you just speak volumes of the kind of distress that is now being caused to the people in that area.
03:20Commuters facing difficulties as well, knee-deep water levels.
03:24Tell us, where exactly are you? What's going on?
03:27We are on Veera Desai Road, Andheri West and here there is a knee-deep waterlogging which has taken place.
03:36We have cars here which are shutting down, blocking the road.
03:39And this patch you can see that has a lot of waterlogging and this water is not only on the roads
03:44but it has entered the shop and also across, if you see the housing society there,
03:49there is waterlogging in the society.
03:51You can see this Eversine Park, there is waterlogging in there also.
03:54So, currently since the morning Mumbai is facing rainfall, there has been a red alert issued
04:00while most of the parts remain functional.
04:04But slowly as the intensity of the rains is increasing, the density of the rains is increasing,
04:09there are inconveniences being caused.
04:11And you will see from here where we are sending knee-deep water at Veera Desai Road in Mumbai,
04:15and very west entering the shop, shutting down the road.
04:19And this situation is getting a little out of hand because of the heavy rainfall.
04:24Now the red alert has been issued by the BMC to take all the necessary precautions.
04:29But at the same time, because it's a Monday after a long weekend, people were out for work.
04:33They were not, the alert was of an orange alert kind of work.
04:36So, people are inconvenienced while either they are going back to work or coming from it, back from it, back to you.
04:42Absolutely.
04:42You know, cars are getting stranded right there is what Mustafa is telling us.
04:47But what does it look like?
04:48You know, weren't they prepared again this time around?
04:51And it's the same story year after year, Mustafa, as we've seen with the Met Department,
04:56saying that there would be further rainfall.
04:58But take a look at the pictures coming in.
05:00It speaks volumes of the kind of preparation, really, that the BMC and the authorities have made, isn't it?
05:06And also, Mustafa, I think that's a mug that's right behind you, right next to you.
05:11Of course, it's a Mercedes car which is stranded on the road.
05:16And as you were saying, because it's been raining in Mumbai heavily for the last two to three days,
05:22so for a lot of time, you can say that the situation was under control.
05:29The water was being, you know, drained out.
05:32But in some areas, low-lying areas, the water drainage seems to be a problem.
05:38And that seems to be now a situation where you can see this car which is coming up.
05:42So this vehicle, the water logging is, you know, intense.
05:48And because the attempts being made by vehicles to cross the road,
05:53that leads to some of the vehicles getting stranded, which we are getting to see on this road also.
05:58So clearly, it's been raining heavily, but the BMC says that they are doing their best.
06:03But at this point, you can say that the water is there.
06:07So this auto rickshaw, which is now shut down here at the road, you can imagine.
06:11There are passengers also.
06:13But at this point, the auto rickshaw has been shut down on this road.
06:20And maybe the height of the water logging, which is there on this entire road on Viradeh side,
06:25near the country club in Andheri West.
06:27So clearly, many other areas.
06:29Now, these were not only a low-lying area, but maybe the rain clearance problem or something else.
06:35Metro works in Mumbai, which are leading to, you know, creating new flooding spots in Mumbai.
06:41So clearly, BMC said that they have done their bit.
06:44We saw drainage pumps across the road outside.
06:47But it really doesn't seem that it's working as of now,
06:49because the rain continues to last in Mumbai.
06:52And it's leading to inconvenience to people.
06:56There are some people who are walking through this needed water.
06:59There are auto rickshaws vehicles passing by this road.
07:02As the day progresses, it's likely that once the rain expels in India,
07:06there is more inconvenience will be caught.
07:09Yes, Mustafa, absolutely.
07:10And Andi's rain is a great leveler in that sense.
07:13And auto rickshaw is stuck right behind you, Mustafa.
07:15With stunning pictures coming in.
07:17And so is Mercedes.
07:18And both not being able to move, really struggling in the knee-deep waters at this point in time.
07:25Speaks volumes of the situation there.
07:27I'm also going to be going across Ritvik Balikar, joining us from Marine Drive.
07:30Vidya also continues to be with us.
07:33Vidya, where exactly are you?
07:35In fact, a few moments ago, you were telling us about the fact that rains,
07:39in fact, a red alert, rather, has been issued, at least for some areas.
07:42What's the med department saying?
07:43What's more?
07:44Well, there is a red alert for Mumbai and the Raigud area,
07:49Navi, Mumbai, Thane, all these areas included.
07:52In fact, right now, I'm at Sion.
07:54And because of the heavy downforce that we have been witnessing in the last couple of hours,
07:59there have been exterior inundation in this area.
08:01If you can look at it, we can just show you the generators,
08:04the pumps that have been put up, you know, right there.
08:06You know, these pumps have been put up in the last many years.
08:11These pumps have been functioning.
08:13In spite of the generators and the pumps being put in place to, you know,
08:19churn out the water from this particular area,
08:21because this is an important junction.
08:22This is the Eastern Express Highway,
08:24wherein you have people coming from Mumbai,
08:26Navi, Mumbai area, coming towards South Mumbai for their work.
08:30You know, this important road gets chock-blocked because of this one particular point
08:35wherein the severe inundation really takes place.
08:39And that's one of the reasons why you can see,
08:41you know, as long as, as far as you can see,
08:43there is a huge traffic jam.
08:45And to make sure that, you know,
08:47this area gets cleared of this water inundation,
08:51there are current pumps,
08:52but it certainly seems to be of no use.
08:54There's a heavy downforce that the city is witnessing
08:56and the water from surrounding areas coming into this particular portion of science,
09:01hiding, where you can really see, you know,
09:04big cars being pushed by good Samaritans
09:07to make sure that they, you know,
09:09they are out of the way of people still wanting to go ahead.
09:12The people here, the traffic, especially,
09:15have been trying to do their best,
09:16but certainly, in spite of the best efforts being put in,
09:20the heavy wind is taking its toes.
09:22And certainly, at this point,
09:23there are people, for the last many hours,
09:26I've been seeing as to how they have been unable to move
09:30from that serpentine, you know, queue that you can see.
09:33That's right.
09:34I'll just come back to you in a moment from now,
09:36where the skews are being seen,
09:37the waterlogged roads causing traffic snarls.
09:40I'll be going across to Hrithik as well for more on that story.
09:44Hrithik, I understand that you are from Dadar at this point in time.
09:47Tell us what's going on right behind you.
09:49As I can see, you are also standing in the waterlogged roads, essentially, isn't it?
09:59Yes, absolutely.
10:00Right now, I am at Dadar Chhopati,
10:03just along the seaside, the Arabian Sea,
10:06where you can see not just heavy rain lashing Mumbai since yesterday night,
10:11but you can also see the gusty winds which are combined with this heavy rains
10:17which is causing more suffering to the Mumbaikers.
10:20And I wish to tell you that at 1.50 p.m. now,
10:25the high tide will be there and it will, again,
10:29as per the BMC officials and administrations have told us,
10:34that it will double the sufferings of the Mumbaikers
10:38because we need to understand that Mumbai's low-lying areas
10:42get submerged into water when there's specifically a high tide
10:47because the water of the city which is gashed out in the sea
10:51cannot be done so when there's a high tide
10:54and it is pushed back into the city.
10:55So, a few hours from now will be a bigger challenge
11:00for the BMC administration and the Maharashtra government
11:04because dealing with not just the low-lying areas
11:09where we can see waterlogging,
11:12but also heavy traffic is being witnessed on the streets of the road.
11:17Maharashtra government has declared holidays for the schools
11:21as well as all the government and civic government officials
11:26workers have also been told that they do not need to come to office
11:31and they can go home after half-day
11:35because of this, you know, heavy rains.
11:38All right, I'm going to leave it at that for the moment.
11:40Vidhik Balikar getting in those details.
11:42Mustafa Sheikh and Vidya also getting us those ground reports.
11:46Well, I'll go to my next slide.
12:04I'm good.
12:04I've had a good luck when I remember.
12:05I'm Brad.
12:06I'll walk out in the garden.
12:11I'll walk out in the garden.
12:12I'll walk out by the garden.
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