After a portion of an Andheri overbridge collapsed leaving five people injured, Union Railway minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday ordered safety audit of all the 445 bridges in suburban section.
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Mumbai Rains Updates on Waterlogging, Traffic, Local Train Status Today: Piyush Goyal Orders Safety Audit of All 445 Bridges in Mumbai Suburbs
Heavy rains lashed several parts of Mumbai overnight since Monday evening as some reports said over 90 mm of rainfall was recorded till 5.30 am on Tuesday in some areas. Stay with us for Live updates.
03 Jul, 18:16 (IST)
After a portion of an Andheri overbridge collapsed leaving five people injured, Union Railway minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday ordered safety audit of all the 445 bridges in suburban section
03 Jul, 17:51 (IST)
Union minister Piyush Goyal said that the Indian Railways and Maharashtra state government will shell out Rs 65,000 crore for the safety work in Mumbai suburban rail network.
03 Jul, 17:19 (IST)
Union Railway Minister says, 5 people were injured will get a compensation of Rs 1 lakh and their treatment expenses will be taken care of by Railways.
03 Jul, 17:17 (IST)
In wake of the incessant rains in the city and severe waterlogging, Uber has turned off dynamic pricing across the city to ensure availability of Ubers on the road. "We encourage Mumbaikars to POOL together and share their ride with fellow commuters travelling in the same direction,” an Uber spokesperson said.
03 Jul, 16:55 (IST)
The Western Railway on Tuesday has announced an ex gratia payment of ₹ 5,000 each to four of those injured in Andheri bridge collapse.
03 Jul, 15:55 (IST)
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took to Twitter and said, "The streets are flooded, citizens stranded, bridges collapsing". He said the Civic governance has collapsed. "My thoughts are with the citizens of Mumbai. Stay safe!", he added.
03 Jul, 15:47 (IST)
BJP Mumbai President, Ashish Shelar on Tuesday tweeted a tragic news of a youth washed away in Shastri Nagar nullah Bandra. Shelar said he is in touch with Fire brigade, Police, BMC staff who are at the site for recovery operations.
03 Jul, 15:44 (IST)
Mumbai University on Tuesday announced that those who have missed their exams today due to heavy rain will be allowed to write their exams again. The revised schedule for the exams will be announced soon.
03 Jul, 15:16 (IST)
Hours after a part of Road Over Bridge had collapsed in Mumbai's Andheri West this morning, the Harbour line traffic near Andheri, Mumbai has been restored. Railways is working to reinstate all remaining railway sections too.
03 Jul, 15:06 (IST)
After heavy rainfall lashed the city, train services have been largely hit. According to reports, the trains that have been cancelled so far include the following:
59439/40 Cancelled between Mumbai Central and Palghar
19015/16 Bandra-Porbandar cancelled between Mumbai central and Surat
59045/46 Bandra-Vapi and VAPI-VR
12953 Mumbai Central to Nizamuddin
19023 Mumbai Central to Firozpur
19023 Mumbai Central-Firozpur Cantt. Janta Express
12953 Mumbai Central-Nizamuddin August Kranti Rajdhani Express
03 Jul, 14:52 (IST)
In wake of the incessant rainfall, the Central Railway is sending one empty rake of Rajya Rani Express to Vasai Road to clear rush of commuters from there. Reports inform that this train will bring commuters from Vasai to Mumbai via the Diva route.
03 Jul, 14:25 (IST)
Harbour Line services have been restored via Andheri and efforts are now on to ensure restoration of Western Line.
03 Jul, 13:31 (IST)
"We're assessing that by 1400 hrs we'll be able to restore harbour line route which will ensure connectivity b/w Church Gate as well as CSMT to Goregaon. As far as fast lines are concerned we're expecting to restore them by 1900 hrs & all the lines by midnight," says Western Railway PRO
03 Jul, 12:30 (IST)
Restoration work underway at Andheri station after bridge collapse to begin smooth local train operations soon.
03 Jul, 12:20 (IST)
Western Railway tweets,"Cranes have been deployed to lift the slabs from the tracks near Andheri. Harbour line restoration between Andheri-Vile Parle will ensure connectivity between Churchgate & Goregaon as well as CSMT-Goregaon."
03 Jul, 12:17 (IST)
Waterlogging is being reported from Kurla, Hindmata, Sion among other areas.
03 Jul, 12:11 (IST)
Several flight delays are being reported at Mumbai Airport due to continuous heavy rains in the city.
03 Jul, 12:01 (IST)
"Monitoring the situation in Mumbai. Working towards restoring harbour line operations by around 2 pm," tweets Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal.
03 Jul, 11:47 (IST)
Vistara says they will accommodate passengers in other flights if they miss flight due to traffic congestion. "Due to flyover collapse (Andheri Gokhale bridge) there is heavy traffic congestion on the road to Mumbai Airport impacting customers. We will accommodate customers who miss their flight, on seat availability basis in the next flight with no additional fee or fare," the airline tweetes.
Mumbai, July 3: Heavy rains lashed several parts of Mumbai overnight since Monday evening as some reports said over 90 mm of rainfall was recorded till 5.30 am on Tuesday in some areas. After a day's break, rains made a comeback on Monday and it has been raining incessantly across Mumbai since the evening of July 2. Stay with us for Live updates.
While waterlogging and traffic jams were being reported from some areas like Jogeshwari on Monday evening, the impact remains to be seen on Tuesday morning as Mumbaikars step out for work and it continues to rain.
There were also reports of some local train delays as people took to Twitter to update about some trains getting late by about 15 minutes. There were reports of a fast train from Churchgate to Virar stalled between Jogeshwari and Andheri for 15 minutes.
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