Mumbai, July 30: Heavy rainfall is expected to lash parts of Mumbai on Tuesday, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. According to a tweet by ANI, the weather agency said intermittent heavy to very heavy rainfall to occur at isolated places across the city. The minimum temperature will hover around 25 Degree Celsius while the maximum will go up to 28 Degree Celsius on Tuesday. According to a report by TOI, Mumbai has recorded the highest July rain in five years with 1,268.4 mm rainfall till now.

Mumbai is witnessing a continues downpour since Friday, leading to flood-like situations in parts of the city. According to reports, the strong south-west monsoon rains since July 25 has increased water stock in Maharashtra’s dams by 8 per cent. The water stock in dams went up from 26.87 per cent on July 25 to 35.2 per cent as on Monday, a rise of 8.33 per cent, data showed. However, the water stock in dams on July 29 last year stood at 55.03 per cent, or 19.83 per cent more than what is available currently. Rain Activity in Mumbai to Reduce From Tuesday, Says IMD.

Here's the tweet:

Water Stock on a Rise in Maharashtra Dams

As on July 29, the dams in Nagpur, Amravati and Aurangabad divisions have reported water stock of 8.96 per cent, 9.05 per cent and 0.31 per cent respectively. Meanwhile, Amravati had 8.12 percent water stock on July 25 which rose to 9.05 per cent on July 29. The water stock in Aurangabad remained unchanged at 0.31 per cent during the same period. Konkan which had water stock of 70.52 per cent on July 25 had 84.32 per cent as on Monday, the figures for Nagpur were 6.87 and 8.96, Nashik 27.07 and 35.97, Pune 40.15 and 53.99 per cent.

On Friday, many towns in the city, particularly Kalyan, Ambernath and Badlapur were practically underwater since then as flooding local rivers and other water bodies overflowed into residential areas. Normal life came to a halt in Ulhasnagar, Murbad, Badlapur, Tiwala, Vangani, Khed, Mangaon, Mandangad, Chiplun after rains wreaked havoc.

In the wake of the torrential rains in the city, over 100 families are forced to reside in a dilapidated building, Tata Nagar in Mumbai, which is on the verge of collapsing. However, the residents of this building claim that a case is pending in this matter in High Court since last few years.

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