Heavy showers cause traffic to crawl in several parts of Mumbai

Traffic in the morning hours of Friday was at a crawl in several parts of Mumbai after heavy showers lashed the city between 4am and 7 am. Many key roads here were water-logged which became a familiar yet unfortunate problem for locals on the move.

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation officials have blamed waterlogging on the intensity of rainfall early Friday morning. Waterlogging was reported at Wadala, Gandhi Market in King Circle, Sion, Dadar, Western Express Highway, and Malwani in Malad.

Locals took to Twitter to point out traffic nightmares and as per reports, there were jams reported from Dadar to Sion, at Mulund toll, on on WEH Goregaon, among others.

@mybmc @mybmcRoads @MyMumbaiUpdates
Check this situation creating traffic opposite to hub mall, goregao east#Mumbai #mumbairain @MumbaiPolice pic.twitter.com/rPTiULyjqs

— Me Mumbaikar 🚩 मी मुंबईकर 🚩 (@MeMumbaikar8) July 16, 2021

The Water level of mithi river cross the danger mark@mybmc @mayor_mumbai #mumbairain #Mumbai pic.twitter.com/ibcjtqxkLG

— Prachi💜 (@I_am_PrachiG) July 16, 2021

Bumper to bumper traffic on Friday morning 😤#MumbaiTraffic #mumbairain pic.twitter.com/xoLrr3S7dQ

— vijay sheth (@vijaysheth) July 16, 2021

Mumbai suburbs received 70mm rainfall on Friday morning and officials from the Met department predict the showers to continue for most parts of the day.

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