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Mint
20-05-2025
- Climate
- Mint
‘15 mins of rains causing mayhem': Viral videos from Mumbai show massive waterlogging on roads in Andheri
Mumbai rains: With heavy rains lashing Mumbai and adjoining cities on Tuesday evening, several social media users took to micro-blogging site X to share videos of heavily waterlogged streets in Andheri and Saki Naka. Though rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning brought some relief from the rising temperatures, it slowed down road traffic at several places including the Western Express Highway. Viral videos showed people wading through knee-deep water at Old Nagardas Road in Andheri. One of the videos from a fruit market showed shopkeepers struggling to keep fruits safe from the flooded street. "Little bit of Mumbai rains and we have water logging at Old Nagardas road, Andheri East," said an X user. "#MumbaiRains 15 mins of rains causing mayhem at nagardas road #andheri east," said another user tagging BMC. Meanwhile, social activist Zoru Bhathena also took a swipe at Brihanmumbai Municipal corporation (BMC) over waterlogging at Andheri Subway. "Hello My BMC. May we suggest you'll install a sign at both ends of Andheri Subway "THIS IS A DRAIN USE DURING DRY WEATHER ONLY"...This sign will fix the save Mumbaikars a few hundred crores too," said Bhathena in a post on X. A video shared by an X user named Sagar Shah showed accumulation of garbage after waterlogging at Saki Naka. 'This is Mumbai? Saki Naka as of now is an overflowing gutter! Please help. We deserve better!.' 'This is Mumbai's world famous Naka,' said another user retweeting the video. Slamming BMC over the situation, an X user named Tanmay Tamhane said that this was not even the proper monsoon rains and such pathetic situation was everywhere in Mumbai. Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) for the next four days with light to moderate rainfall. 'Thunderstorm accompanied by lightning, light to moderate rainfall and gusty winds (40-50 kmph) are likely at isolated places,' said the weather department in its forecast for the maximum city. Parts of Maharashtra may witness heavy rain with thunder and gusty winds between May 21 and 24 following a cyclonic circulation which is likely to form over the east-central Arabian Sea off the Karnataka coast, the Met department said.
Mint
20-05-2025
- Climate
- Mint
‘15 mins of rains causing mayhem': Viral videos from Mumbai show massive waterlogging on road in Andheri
Mumbai rains: With rains lashing Mumbai and adjoining cities on Tuesday evening, several social media users took to micro-blogging site X to share videos of heavily waterlogged streets in Andheri. Viral videos showed people wading through knee-deep water at Old Nagardas Road in Andheri. One of the videos from a fruit market showed shopkeepers struggling to keep fruits safe from the flooded street. "Little bit of Mumbai rains and we have water logging at Old Nagardas road, Andheri East," said an X user. "#MumbaiRains 15 mins of rains causing mayhem at nagardas road #andheri east," said another user tagging BMC. Meanwhile, social activist Zoru Bhathena also took a swipe at Brihanmumbai Municipal corporation (BMC) over waterlogging at Andheri Subway. "Hello My BMC. May we suggest you'll install a sign at both ends of Andheri Subway "THIS IS A DRAIN USE DURING DRY WEATHER ONLY"...This sign will fix the save Mumbaikars a few hundred crores too," said Bhathena in a post on X. A video shared by X user Sagar Shah showed the street flooded with garbage. 'This is Mumbai? Saki Naka as of now is an overflowing gutter! Please help. We deserve better!,' he asked. 'This is Mumbai's world famous Naka,' said another user retweeting the video. Slamming BMC over the situation, X user Tanmay Tamhane said that this is not even the proper monsoon rains and such pathetic situation is everywhere in Mumbai. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) for the next four days with light to moderate rainfall. 'Thunderstorm accompanied by lightning, light to moderate rainfall and gusty winds (40-50 kmph) are likely at isolated places,' said the weather department in its forecast for the maximum city. Parts of Maharashtra may witness heavy rain with thunder and gusty winds between May 21 and 24 following a cyclonic circulation which is likely to form over the east-central Arabian Sea off the Karnataka coast, the Met department said. Met department official Shubhangi Bhute said rainfall activity over Maharashtra may increase between May 21 and May 24 under the influence of the cyclonic circulation.
Hindustan Times
05-05-2025
- General
- Hindustan Times
Carmichael road residents fight for a children's park
The Residents of Carmichael Road on Sunday got together at a meeting to chalk out a plan to save a privately-owned green cover plot from going under development. The residents claim that over one acre of land which houses several trees, some of which are over 100-year-old, was originally reserved for a children's park. According to the residents, the Brihanmumbai Municipal corporation (BMC) had to pay a conveyance to the owner and build a park, but they did not do so and instead, the land went under litigation. The land parcel has been sold by the Parsi owners to Mah-hill properties, a real estate company. 'Now that the builders have taken it, we are not sure what will happen to the land, but there should be a children's park here if this was the designated spot. The Carmichael road and the surrounding places do not have a designated open space in the area,' said Pervin Sanghavi, founder of Friends of Malabar Hills, a resident association which advocates for open spaces. However, as per the development plan 2034 made under Maharashtra regional town planning act, the plot's status was changed and earmarked as a residential place. The residents are concerned about harming the biodiversity. Further, they also highlighted the hazards of construction taking place in a landslide prone area. 'When a landslide took place five years back, a survey was conducted which said more trees should be planted to hold the land together. If they tear down so many trees and take up construction it could cause more hazards,' said another resident. 'We will find documents about the history of the plot and how the status of the plot was changed. Accordingly, plan our future actions. The plot comes under the coastal regulatory zone so there are several implications. We will try to find a solution,' said Zoru Bhathena, an activist.
