Mumbai: 45-year-old woman drowns in Andheri nullah after heavy rain

A 45yearold woman drowned in a Andheri nullah overflowing due to heavy rains in suburban Andheri on Wednesday the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC saidAccording to the civic body the incident occurred at around 920 pm near gate no 8 of MIDC Andheri East The victim was identified as Vimal Anil GaikwadLocal police and the fire brigade were alerted and they took the woman to the Cooper Hospital where she was declared brought dead the BMC saidBMC officials said A 45yearold lady Vimal Gaikwad drowned in an open Andheri nullah in the MIDC area of Andheri She was rescued by the Mumbai fire brigade and sent to Cooper Hospital but was declared brought dead by doctorsMumbai rains Traffic back on track after heavy rains schools closed after IMD alertVehicular and rail traffic in Mumbai resumed on Thursday a day after heavy rains battered the city inundating lowlying areas halting local trains in their tracks and forcing the diversion of at least 14 incoming flightsRains stopped in most parts of the city on Thursday morning though skies were overcast Local trains considered the lifeline of Mumbai were running normally though some services were slightly delayed as per officialsBuses of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport BEST undertaking also hit the roads since early morningThe civic body said the IMD has predicted a thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and heavy to very heavy rainfall with gusty winds reaching 4050 kmph in its weather update issued at 8 amThe extremely heavy rainfall in Mumbai on Wednesday prompted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC to announce a holiday for all schools and colleges on ThursdaySchools and colleges in Thane Palghar Pune and PimpriChinchwad were also closed on Thursday after heavy rainsThe Mumbai civic body and police have advised people in the city and surrounding areas to stay indoors as much as possibleAfter heavy rains on Wednesday some roads including in the Sonapur area of Bhandup virtually turned into rivers of fastmoving water as several areas received more than 100 mm of rain in five hours of the eveningThe GhatkoparAndheri Road Khairani Road LBS Marg and a few other roads were flooded with chestdeep water at some locationsMany people complained their belongings were damaged as water had entered their homesAs local trains stopped on Wednesday between Kurla and Thane stations on the Central line thousands of commuters were stranded at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus CSMT in south Mumbai and other stations while there were traffic jams at various placesThe Central Railways suburban services were thrown out of gear at night for a few hours when the railway tracks got submerged at a few locations between Sion and Thane stations on its main corridor and between Chunabhatti and Mankhurd stations on the Harbour corridor