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Mumbai slows down as rains hit road, rail traffic

Last updated on: July 12, 2013 19:29 IST

Commuters wades through a water-logged road in Dharavi, Central Mumbai

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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Mumbai slows down as rains hit road, rail traffic

Last updated on: July 12, 2013 19:29 IST

A vehicle makes its way through a flooded street in Mahim, Central Mumbai.

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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Mumbai slows down as rains hit road, rail traffic

Last updated on: July 12, 2013 19:29 IST

A bus wades through a waterlogged road in Thane on Friday

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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Mumbai slows down as rains hit road, rail traffic

Last updated on: July 12, 2013 19:29 IST

Commuters wait for trains as rain water inundates tracks at Thane station on Friday

There were traffic snarls on the Western Express Highway and the Eastern Express Highway.

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Mumbai slows down as rains hit road, rail traffic

Last updated on: July 12, 2013 19:29 IST

A BEST bus wades through waterlogged roads near the Sion railway station in Central Mumbai on Friday

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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Mumbai slows down as rains hit road, rail traffic

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Schoolchildren and their parents struggle at a waterlogged Hindmata Chowk in Central Mumbai

Train services on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad and Mumbai-New Delhi sectors were affected since early Friday, according to officials.

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Mumbai slows down as rains hit road, rail traffic

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Firefighters try to cut a giant tree that fell on L J Road in Mahim due to continuous heavy rains that has lashed Mumbai.

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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Mumbai slows down as rains hit road, rail traffic

Last updated on: July 12, 2013 19:29 IST

Shopkeers pour out buckets of rain water that entered a store in Sion on Friday

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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