New Delhi, June 25: A rain-wreaked Mumbai awaits the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday. The PM is scheduled to attend a meeting with top industry leaders and chief executive officers (CEO) of top companies in the city. He would also be addressing a program organised by the BJP to honour the leaders who fought against the emergency imposed in 1975 by then prime minister Indira Gandhi.

A day before Modi's visit, a road caved-in near Metro Cinema at the Marine Lines. the spot is a prime location of traffic movement in the city. The area also houses top government and industrial bodies.

In order to avoid embarrassment, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is acting on war-footing to repair the road ahead of pm's arrival.

Dr Kiran Dighavkar, assistant commissioner of BMC's ward, said the cave-in was caused to water pipeline bursting. This would also affect the supply of water to bombay hospital, dongri and fort area on tuesday.

In the last 24 hours, Mumbai recorded 234mm of rainfall, as per the data released by the Santacruz observatory. The IMD has released an 'orange alert' for the next 24 hours, signalling 'heavy to very heavy rainfall'.

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