Heavy rains are lashing Mumbai. Most the roads are under water and with traffic jams. People have been advised not to come out of the houses unless and until it is an emergency.
Hyderabad is also experiencing heavy rains since yesterday and today it is cloudy in Hyderabad.
Schools and colleges in Mumbai and its suburbs will remain shut on Thursday amid a red alert for heavy rains, officials said. School Education Minister Deepak Kesarkar, the guardian minister for Mumbai city, declared a holiday as heavy rains pounded Mumbai.
A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said the holiday has been declared as a precautionary measure as a red alert predicting extremely heavy rainfall was issued.
The civic body also appealed to citizens to step out of their homes only if necessary. “Commuters are advised to check weather updates and plan accordingly,” the civic body said.
Heavy rains have been lashing Mumbai and its suburbs since Wednesday afternoon, inundating low-lying areas, stopping local trains on tracks between Kurla and Thane stations and stranding passengers even as traffic crawled on roads.
