Mumbai Rains Live Updates: IMD issues yellow alert for Mumbai as rain gradually recedes; BMW hit-and-run case accused arrested (2024)

After torrential downpours, rain activity in Mumbai has subdued with the IMD's Santacruz observatory recording 4 mm and Colaba station registering 3 mm rain between Tuesday and Wednesday morning.

Meanwhile, the BMC's automatic weather station showed that the maximum rainfall was observed in the eastern suburbs wherein 6 mm rain was received in the past 24 hours, followed by 3.42 mm rain in the city division and 3.83 mm rain in the western suburbs.

On Monday morning, Mumbai woke up to find itself marooned amid choked streets after torrential rain battered it in the early hours, with some pockets receiving over 300 mm in six hours. From traffic snarls to railway disruptions induced by waterlogging, the heavy showers—which continued throughout the day— took a toll on infrastructure, bringing life to a grinding halt in the city.

What made the Monday showers truly “unprecedented”, however, was that it sweptMumbai even as the India Meteorological Department had issued only a yellow alert for July 7. And no alert had been sounded for Monday, with IMD expecting only moderate showers in the next week. (Read More)

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday accused the state government of “trying to protect the accused“ in the Mumbai hit and run case.

"The government is trying to protect the accused. This is not a common case... You can check the criminal records of the father of the accused... The Mumbai Police will now have to investigate his association with an underworld gang, and how is he able to afford his properties and such fancy cars. How did he become a close aide of the CM also needs to be exposed…” he said, speaking to news agency ANI.

“The accused was under the influence of drugs, and to avoid this from coming into his medical records, he was hidden somewhere for three days... The way an innocent woman was crushed to death by him, under the influence of drugs, is inhuman. Such people should not be released from jail,” said Raut.

he India Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert for Mumbai as the rain showers have gradually subsided. The weather agency forecasts a generally cloudy sky with intermittent moderate spells of rain in the city and suburbs.

The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 32 degrees Celsius and 26 degrees Celsius, respectively. An orange alert- signifying heavy rainfall – remains in place for Pune, Raigad, Kohlapur, Satara and Sindhudurg districts.

A day after the Mumbai police said Mihir Shah, who allegedly mowed down a 45-year-old woman in Worli while driving a BMW car, visited a bar in Juhu with his friends hours before the accident, the Maharashtra excise department late on Monday sealed the establishment citing rules.

While confirming that Global Tapas bar was sealed a senior excise department official said, “On the basis of our findings, we have served them a notice and sealed their establishment. We have also seized their license and a hearing shall be conducted in front of the collector after which an order shall be passed on it”.

The Mumbai Police’s crime branch has detained the mother and two elder sisters of Mihir Shah, who is accused in the BMW hit-and-run case. His mother and sisters allegedly helped Mihir, son of Shiv Sena leader Rajesh Shah, escape after a car he drove mowed down a woman and injured her husband.

Detained from a resort in Murbad, they are being brought to Mumbai to be handed over to the Worli police investigating the case.

Mihir, who was absconding for three days after he allegedly mowed down Kaveri Nakhwa, 45, with the BMW on June 7 at Worli, was arrested on Tuesday.

On Monday morning, Mumbai woke up to find itself marooned amid choked streets after torrential rain battered it in the early hours, with some pockets receiving over 300 mm in six hours.What made the Monday showers truly “unprecedented”, however, was that it swept Mumbai even as the India Meteorological Department had issued only a yellow alert for July 7. And no alert had been sounded for Monday, with IMD expecting only moderate showers in the next week.

That the weather bureau had failed to issue alerts about the extreme weather event drew flak from residents, who were left reeling in the flooded city throughout Monday.

However, meteorologists say that almost all weather forecasting models failed to capture the extreme event which unravelled in the late hours. Read more here

Around 2,500 resident doctors from the civic-run medical colleges in Mumbai have announced plans to go on a strike from July 22 if their demands including a stipend increase are not met.

Emergency services will operate as usual but outpatients may face disruptions due to the strike.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) oversees four medical colleges and hospitals – KEM, Sion, Nair, and Cooper – where about 8,000 outpatients are treated daily.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray demanded the BMW car crash involving Mihir Shah, son of a leader from the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, be treated as murder. Talking to reporters, Thackeray questioned the delay in arresting Mihir, son of Sena politician Rajesh Shah.

"This case should not be treated as a hit-and-run incident. This is a case of murder, and we demand that it should be treated like that," Thackeray said.

The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a government resolution to change the names of six railway stations on Central Railway, Western Railway and Harbour Railway. The resolution was moved by minister Dadaji Bhuse and will be forwarded to the Centre for approval.

As per the proposal, Currey Road will be renamed Lalbaug, Sandhurst Road as Dongri, Marine Lines as Mumbadevi, Charni Road as Girgaon, Cotton Green as Kala Chowki, Dockyard Road as Mazgaon, and Kings’ Circle as Tirthankar Parswanath.

A senior railway official stated that the approval by the state is only the first step. The renaming will only be on instructions from the Railway Ministry.

Mihir Shah, the son of CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena leader Rajesh Shah's son, was arrested by Worli Police, three days after allegedly he mowed down a woman.

Shah was allegedly at the wheel of a speeding BMW which hit a two-wheeler in Worli, dragging a woman for nearly two kilometres, resulting in her death.

IMD Mumbai issued a nowcast warning for Mumbai and Palghar, stating that light to moderate spells of rain are likely in isolated pockets over the next 3-4 hours.

For the Thane district, the weather bureau has said that moderate to intense spells are likely to occur in isolated places over the next 3 - 4 hours.

In light of the subdued showers, the IMD has downgraded the red alert and now sounded a yellow alert in Mumbai which is slated to remain in place until tomorrow morning. The IMD has indicated that the city may witness heavy rainfall in isolated pockets today. While no warning has been issued in Mumbai for Wednesday, a yellow alert has been sounded again between Thursday and Saturday.

Meanwhile, an orange alert has been issued in Raigad which will remain in place until Tomorrow morning. In Thane, a yellow alert has been issued which is slated to stay in place until the end of this week.

Days after the Mumbai police’s Economic Offences Wing closed a case against Shinde Sena MP Ravindra Waikar, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is also set to close the money laundering case against him, citing that no proceeds of the crime were discovered, sources in the agency told The Indian Express.

The ED’s case was registered based on the cheating and forgery case filed byMumbaipolice Economic Offences Wing (EOW).

TheEOW had filed a closure report in the case against Waikar by submitting a C-summary report to the court on July 4 — just months after he moved from the Sena UBT to Shinde Sena, and won the Mumbai North West Lok Sabha seat. Read

Amid heavy rains in Maharashtra, the University of Mumbai has postponed the Centre for Distance and Online Education (CDOE) examination. Earlier scheduled to take place on July 9, the Mumbai University CDOE exam will be conducted on July 18.

While the FYBA and FY BCom (semester-1) exam set to be held today will be conducted on July 18 (11 am to 2 pm), the FY BSc information technology (semester 2) will be held on July 18 (11 am to 1:30 pm).

The FY (BAF) (semester 1) and FYBSc Computer Science (semester 2) has been postponed to July 18 (3 pm to 5:30 pm), the MMS semester 2 exam will be conducted on July 20 (11 am to 2 pm). Continue reading

Water started to recede from all the major pockets on Tuesday morning. The list of the heavily flooded areas that received above 100 mm of rain last night is below...

According to BMC's automatic weather system (AWS), an average of 141.97 mm was recorded in the island city, 116.61 mm in the Eastern Suburbs, and 142.58 mm in the western suburbs.

As per BMC's latest update traffic movement is normal.

The average overall water stock in all the seven lakes that supply water to Mumbai stood at 20.48% this morning. The highest rainfall of 214 mm and 196 mm were recorded in the catchment areas of Tulsi and Vihar lakes which are located in suburban Mumbai.

According to BMC's water level chart, last year, the average water stock in all the seven lakes stood at 23.11% on July 9, while in 2022 it was 28.89%.

Maharashtra | Due to heavy rain forecast in Mumbai, Mumbai Suburbs, Thane, Raigad, Palghar, Ratnagiri, and Sindhudurg districts, all exams scheduled for today (July 9, 2024) at the University of Mumbai have been postponed. New dates will be announced soon: University of Mumbai

— ANI (@ANI) July 9, 2024