Mumbai rain updates: IMD forecasts heavy to very heavy rainfall today

The Indian Meteorological Department IMD has forecast heavy to very heavy spells of rainfall in Mumbai on Thursday as per the latest Mumbai rain updatesIn the latest Mumbai rain updates the Indian Meteorological Department IMD has downgraded the rain alert to an orange alert on Thursday morningThe IMD had earlier issued a red alert for Mumbai and its adjoining districts Thane Palghar and Raigad for Thursday morningThe extremely heavy rainfall in Mumbai prompted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC to announce a holiday for all schools and colleges on Thursday Schools and colleges in Thane Palghar Pune and PimpriChinchwad will also be closed on Thursday following heavy rainsTemperatures are expected to range from a maximum of 28 degrees Celcius to a minimum of 23 degrees Celcius the IMD saidAs per BMC data the island city eastern suburbs and western suburbs received 8779 mm 16748 mm and 9557 mm of rainfall between 5 pm and 10 pmMumbai municipal commissioner Bhushan Gagrani has asked all assistant commissioners to ensure that respective executive engineers stay put in ward control roomsVehicular and rail traffic in Mumbai resumed Thursday after heavy rains battered the city inundating lowlying areas halting local trains in their tracks and forcing the diversion of at least 14 incoming flightsThe Mumbai civic body and police have advised all people in the city and surrounding areas to stay indoors as much as possibleMumbaikars if not required avoid stepping out of home the BMC posted on XAfter Wednesdays heavy rains some roads virtually turned into rivers of fastmoving water as several areas received more than 100 mm of rain in five hours of the eveningAs local trains stopped between Kurla and Thane stations on the Central line thousands of commuters were stranded at CSMT and other stations while there were traffic jams in various placesMumbai lakes supplying water reached 9916 pc capacityThe BMC had earlier stated on Thursday that the water levels in Mumbais seven reservoirs which supply the city with potable water have reached 9916 per cent Based on data from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC the combined water stock of the Mumbai lakes stands at 1435524 million litres at present or 9916 per cent of their capacityMumbai gets its water from the Upper and Middle Vaitarnas Bhatsa Tansa Vihar Tulsi and Modak Sagar