Mumbai rain: Persistent rainfall triggers transport chaos.

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▼ Heavy rain has caused at least 15 deaths and triggered massive rail, road and air transport disruptions in India's financial capital Mumbai.
The victims died when a wall collapsed on them in the early hours of Tuesday after persistent rainfall for two days.
Authorities have declared a public holiday on Tuesday and have requested people to stay indoors.
Experts have blamed rapid construction and bad urban planning for what many call Mumbai's annual rain chaos.
The victims were mostly labourers working at a construction site in the suburban area of Malad. Authorities said the wall had weakened after several days of rainfall.
The city has witnessed continuous rain in the past two days, causing flood-like situation in many areas.
Officials have requested people to be cautious.
Mumbai, we understand it’s not been an easy Monday, but it’s also been a rain spell like never before - it’s the highest in a decade. 550 mm average of entire month of June has been exceeded in just last 48 hrs. We are truly trying our best. We request a bit of caution & patience— माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (mybmc) July 1, 2019

Senior Met Department official KS Hosalikar has tweeted that there won't be any respite from rains on Tuesday. (▪ ▪ ▪)

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chanakyakripa

This is a every year phenomena and every year there are people harassment and municipal authorities always blame bad planning. Why not make some planning to correct the situation.

asr335704

It is really bad situation for common man in Mumbai.
Mumbai's civic body BMP is the most rich civic body in India but still they don't plan and maintain city's infrastructure properly.
Due to their carelessness, same story repeats every year. Really disappointed.