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Time of India
27-05-2025
- Time of India
Mumbai Rains Live Updates: IMD issues 'yellow' alert for today; CM Devendra Fadnavis monitoring situation closely
08:04 (IST) May 27 For ordinary Mumbaikars, Monday was a day of chaos and frustration. BEST buses, one of the most accessible modes of city transport, were badly affected, with over a dozen buses stuck in waterlogged areas and at least 20 routes diverted. The situation wasn't any better for those depending on autorickshaws and taxis. In areas like Kurla, Ghatkopar, and Jogeshwari, auto drivers refused to ply to waterlogged or congested localities. The scarcity of Kaali-Peeli taxis further added to commuter woes. App-based cab services, which many turned to as a last resort, implemented surge pricing—leading to skyrocketing fares. A ride from CSMT to Mulund cost Rs 1,000, which is 20% higher than the regular fare, prompting complaints from frustrated commuters. The only minor relief came from the fact that many offices saw low attendance, with employees choosing to work from home after an early morning thunderstorm alerted them to stay put.
Time of India
27-05-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
Underground metro stn, tracks at CSMT flooded on Day One
Mumbai: There was a buzz about early monsoon for days and when it arrived on Monday, it brought the city's infra to its knees, catching the authorities unawares. For, Mumbai's latest transport network, the underground metro, took on water. Areas that wouldn't get flooded earlier got waterlogged — such as CSMT tracks — local train services were cancelled and flights disrupted as rain poured while the IMD's yellow alert turned orange and then red (warning of extremely heavy rain in isolated areas). The shocker was waterlogging in the recently opened Acharya Atre Chowk station of Metro-3 in Worli as authorities had promised safe travel in the underground network "in the flood-prone city. " As a result, Aqua Line's services were curtailed at Worli. While BMC blamed the IMD for a "delayed red alert", the railways accused the civic body of non-functional pumping stations. With the island city receiving more rain than the suburbs, a road in Kemps Corner cracked open, part of a residential building collapsed in Mahim and a retaining wall collapsed in Walkeshwar area. Water entered the ground-floor corridor of KEM Hospital, causing minor disruption for staff and patients' relatives. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum – No Wallet Needed! IC Markets Start Now Undo Dr Sandesh Parelkar, acting dean, said, "We used pumps and manual labour. The situation was under control within an hour. " CM Fadnavis, who was accompanying Union home minister Amit Shah to Nagpur and Nanded, monitored the situation and said he ordered immediate assessment in affected areas. Outside Mantralaya, the state secretariat, access road was partially waterlogged. Employees had to wade through knee-deep water. The saving grace in the city that never stops: Attendance in most offices was low, as the early morning bolt of thunder and lightning sounded the alarm bell, prompting people to work from home. The onset of the city's earliest monsoon in recorded history ought to have been an occasion to cheer. Instead, Monday's first rainfall exposed the innards of the city's unpreparedness as several areas witnessed waterlogging. Suburban train services, especially Harbour line, were affected by waterlogging at places like Masjid and CSMT. Heavy rain and dense cloud cover also disrupted flight operations at the airport. Wall and building collapses and tree fall were reported from Mahim, Malabar Hill, and Teen Batti area. A road in Kemps Corner cracked open, which locals said looked like a cave-in. D Ward officials said the mastic asphalt layer had popped up but was repaired. Part of a residential building collapsed at Pitambari Lane in Mahim. A retaining wall collapsed in Walkeshwar area. No one was hurt in the incident, but authorities evacuated a nearby cessed building as precaution. Following an inspection, Mhada declared the structure unsafe and decided to demolish it. Officials said the building posed a risk of collapse due to its proximity to the damaged wall and its own deteriorating condition. Traffic was impacted in the usual spots like King's Circle, Hindmata, and Andheri and Malad subways. Waterlogging, vehicle breakdown and tree collapse were the causes. A dozen BEST buses were stuck on waterlogged roads and 20 routes diverted. Autorickshaw refusals were rampant in Kurla, Jogeshwari and Ghatkopar as drivers declined to ply to congested or waterlogged areas. Very few Kaali-Peeli taxis were available, commuters complained. Aggregator cabs had surge pricing. A cab ride from CSMT to Mulund cost Rs 1,000, which is 20% more than normal fare. Schools are shut for summer vacation, but Mumbai University granted extra time to examinees who arrived late. Western Express Highway, since noon, did not have much traffic towards Dahisar. BJP Mumbai president Ashish Shelar blamed the erstwhile govt for the flooding. "In 2006, Rs 1,200 crore was allocated for the BRIMSTOWAD project. Today, the cost has gone up to Rs 4,000 crore yet it is not completed. They were in power for 25 years and only looted Mumbai," he claimed. In Thane district too, rail and road transport were disrupted. Council administrator Maruti Gaikwad said, "In view of the rising level of Ulhas River, we have shifted about 100 locals to a safe place."
Time of India
22-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
PM inaugurates 12 redeveloped stations via video conference
Pune: on Thursday inaugurated 12 stations of the Central Railway redeveloped under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in Maharashtra via video conferencing. These include five stations each in Mumbai and Bhusaval divisions, and two in the Pune division — Khedgaon and Lonand. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The Prime Minister altogether inaugurated 103 stations under the scheme. A total of 20 railway stations under the Pune division have been taken under the scheme for total development and transformation. Under the Central Railway, a total of 132 stations are being upgraded. Among them are Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Pune, Nashik Road, Nagpur, Kolhapur, Parbhani, Satara and Sangli. The redevelopment works include air-conditioned waiting rooms, clean restrooms, escalators and elevators, station control room, reservation office, help desk, food stalls, drinking water facilities and RPF command office. Pune: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated 12 stations of the Central Railway redeveloped under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in Maharashtra via video conferencing. These include five stations each in Mumbai and Bhusaval divisions, and two in the Pune division — Khedgaon and Lonand. The Prime Minister altogether inaugurated 103 stations under the scheme. A total of 20 railway stations under the Pune division have been taken under the scheme for total development and transformation. Under the Central Railway, a total of 132 stations are being upgraded. Among them are Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Pune, Nashik Road, Nagpur, Kolhapur, Parbhani, Satara and Sangli. The redevelopment works include air-conditioned waiting rooms, clean restrooms, escalators and elevators, station control room, reservation office, help desk, food stalls, drinking water facilities and RPF command office.
Time of India
21-05-2025
- Time of India
Signal glitch continues as delay and short-termination dog Hwh passengers
1 2 3 4 5 6 Kolkata: The massive signal failure at Santragachhi yard continued to throw Howrah station into disarray. Several long-distance trains were running 6-10 hours late even on Wednesday. Passengers continued to grapple with extreme inconvenience under the sweltering heat, and no clear timeline for resolution. The crisis, rooted in technical glitches in the non-interlocking signal system, left thousands stranded even as South-Eastern Railway authorities claimed that the technical snag was addressed, and trains were still running inordinately late because of the cascading effect. The Kharagpur-Howrah section, being the trunk route for most trains between Bengal and southern India, continued to remain clogged for the third consecutive day. Thousands of passengers were left in the lurch at Howrah Station's new complex. Many of them reached Howrah at the crack of dawn and waited for nearly ten hours in scorching heat to board trains that were already running nine or ten hours behind schedule. Raju Das from Bihar was due to leave for Mumbai on Wednesday morning. "I checked out of hotel to board Howrah-Mumbai CSMT Duronto Express. The scheduled departure was 5.45 am. When I came to the station, I was told that the train is rescheduled. Later, an SMS alert said the train would leave at 3.45 pm," rued Das, who needs to attend work in Mumbai. Puri-bound Vande Bharat Express, which was supposed to leave Howrah at 6.10 am, was rescheduled to 4.10 pm. Among other trains with prolonged departures were Tamralipto Express (nine hours and 40 minutes behind schedule) and Puri-Shatabdi Express (delayed by six hours). Kolkata-bound passenger Brishti Basu said, "Last night we received a message that Puri-Howrah Shatabdi Express would leave Puri at 11.30 am on Wednesday instead of 5.45 am. It left at 11.50 am and kept stopping en route. It was supposed to reach Howrah at 1.40 pm, and I was supposed to join work today." "The signal failure has led to pressure on Howrah. SER has designated Santragachhi and Shalimar as alternatives. But Shalimar is undergoing renovation. Santragachhi's signal issues have added to the crisis," an official said.
Indian Express
27-04-2025
- General
- Indian Express
Mumbai: Reopening with a reminder; when stones tell history of a bridge
On a November night, three years ago, when 500 people were busy dismantling the 154-year old Carnac bridge, one of the first bridges to be built in the island city, a group of civic and railway officials discovered six basalt stones from the rubble of debris that were gathered at the demolition site. What caught the attention of officials was that the six stones had inscriptions engraved upon them that were primarily in Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi and English languages. The inscriptions included the year 1858 when the construction of the bridge began and the year 1868, when the construction works were completed. The four other stones had the name of the bridge inscribed in four different languages along with an 'anchor' which officials state was a symbol for 'good luck and prosperity' brought through maritime trade. 'Larger portions of the original bridge were made of Basalt stone. During the 19th and 20th century, basalt stones were primarily used for civil construction. Since, Mumbai had a colonial past, almost every major building or structure that was built during that era was made of Basalt. As a result, these kinds of stones were not something new to us, but it was the inscriptions that were present on them that distinguished them from others,' said a senior civic official who was present on the night of demolition when the stones were discovered. Civic officials said that the stones were originally located underneath a pillar on the eastern and western portion of the bridge. However, the officials became aware of it only during the demolition drive. After the stones blocks were found, they were transported to the Central Railways Heritage Gully (lane) located at P'D Mello road – behind Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) for preservation, where they were kept for the past three years. As a newly constructed Carnac bridge is set to be reopened on June 10, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started to make arrangements to bring back these stones and keep them preserved at the newly constructed bridge to signify the bridge's importance to the city of Mumbai. 'The Carnac bridge has a rich past and the bridge belongs to the BMC, therefore, the stones ideally should be there. We have written to the railways demanding the stones from them, as soon as we get them under our possession we will refurbish it if required and place them at the site of the new bridge,' Abhijit Bangar, Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects), told The Indian Express. On April 17, the BMC's deputy chief engineer of the bridges department had also written to the Central Railways demanding refixation of the stones on the newly constructed bridge. Built in 1868, the Carnac bridge was one of the oldest east-west bridges to come up in the island city of Mumbai (then Bombay). A testament to the times when the city experienced a financial boom and rapidly emerged to become one of the financial epicenters of south Asia. Bharat Gothoskar, founder of KHAKI heritage foundation and a chronicler of Mumbai's history, told The Indian Express that during the 1840s, new docks such as Carnac Bunder, Clare Bunder and Clerk Bunder were built north of the Fort of Mumbai as a result of which both Indian and foreign ships started docking at these bunders to discharge their goods. 'The building of the railway line to Thane in the 1850s created an obstacle to the smooth movement of goods between the docks and the city, and in 1868, the Carnac Bridge was built over the railway line, connecting Carnac Bunder (Indira Docks' Yellow Gate today) to Carnac Road (Lokmanya Tilak Marg today). All three, the bridge, the bunder and the road, were named after Sir James Rivett-Carnac, who served as Governor of Bombay 1839 to 1841,' Gothoskar said. The stones are primarily black coloured each weighing up to 1.5-2 tonnes. Urban planner and architect, Pankaj Joshi said that between 1860 and 1930, the island city of Mumbai witnessed rapid infrastructure growth. Joshi said that considering the technological limitations stones were preferred for construction of infrastructure projects as steel was very expensive. 'There were quarries in Titwala and in areas of the suburbs of Mumbai, which are known today as the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). Basalt stones were preferred for construction works because of their tensile strength and durability. These stones were locally available and had variable colours like black, yellow and cream. Besides the Carnac bridge, heritage buildings like the Rajabai Tower and CSMT building were also built with yellow and cream basalt stones,' Joshi said. The bridge was pulled down in 2022 jointly by the civic and railway authorities after a structural audit declared that the bridge was unfit for daily usage and needed to be reconstructed. The mammoth operation of pulling down the old Carnac Bridge lasted for nearly 18-hours. The construction of the new bridge began in early 2023. At present, the work is nearing completion. 'The new bridge will be wider and higher. The roads will be smooth and will be able to accommodate larger traffic volume decongesting key south Mumbai locations,' Bangar said.
