Mumbai slows down as rains hit road, rail traffic
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Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra for the second consecutive day on Friday, disrupting normal life.
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Image: Commuters wades through a water-logged road in Dharavi, Central Mumbai
Photographs: Sahil Salvi
Mumbai slows down as rains hit road, rail traffic
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Road and rail traffic has been hit in the city. Trains on both the western and central railway are running late by 30 minutes.
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Image: A vehicle makes its way through a flooded street in Mahim, Central Mumbai.
Photographs: Sahil Salve
Mumbai slows down as rains hit road, rail traffic
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Water logging is reported from low-lying areas in Dadar, Parel in central Mumbai, Andheri, Kandivali and Borivali in the western suburbs and Thane in the central suburbs.
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Image: A bus wades through a waterlogged road in Thane on Friday
Photographs: Sahil Salve
Mumbai slows down as rains hit road, rail traffic
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There were traffic snarls on the Western Express Highway and the Eastern Express Highway.
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Image: Commuters wait for trains as rain water inundates tracks at Thane station on Friday
Photographs: Sahil Salvi
Mumbai slows down as rains hit road, rail traffic
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In the neighbouring Thane district, railway tracks were flooded at Nalla Sopara, Mumbra, Thane, Diva and other places, leading to train delays on all the routes.
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Image: A BEST bus wades through waterlogged roads near the Sion railway station in Central Mumbai on Friday
Photographs: Sahil Salve
Mumbai slows down as rains hit road, rail traffic
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Train services on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad and Mumbai-New Delhi sectors were affected since early Friday, according to officials.
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Image: Schoolchildren and their parents struggle at a waterlogged Hindmata Chowk in Central Mumbai
Photographs: Sahil Salvi
Mumbai slows down as rains hit road, rail traffic
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An extra high tide, measuring 4.26 metres, was expected from 2.30 pm onwards and officials were apprehensive the situation could worsen if the rainfall continued.
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Image: Firefighters try to cut a giant tree that fell on L J Road in Mahim due to continuous heavy rains that has lashed Mumbai.
Photographs: Sahil Salve
Mumbai slows down as rains hit road, rail traffic
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Heavy rains are expected to continue lashing Mumbai, coastal Konkan and other parts of the state for the next two days, according to officials in the weather bureau.
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Image: Shopkeers pour out buckets of rain water that entered a store in Sion on Friday
Photographs: Sahil Salve
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An overflowing Tulsi lake at Sanjay Gandhi National Park in North Mumbai on Friday.
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Photographs: Sahil Salve
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Another bus wades through a flooded road at Sion in Central Mumbai on Friday.
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Photographs: Sahil Salve
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A car struggles through a flooded street at Hindmata Chowk in Central Mumbai.
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Photographs: Sahil Salve
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Schoolchildren play in the rain waters as heavy downpour hampered normalcy in Mumbai and Thane on Friday.
Photographs: Sahil Salve
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