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Heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms has disrupted transport services across Mumbai, delaying suburban trains, affecting long-distance rail operations and causing traffic congestion across several parts of the city. The intense monsoon spell has also led to Tulsi and Vihar lakes overflowing after receiving substantial inflows, improving Mumbai's drinking water reserves. Waterlogging in sections of the rail network and earlier landslides on the Mumbai–Pune corridor continued to affect connectivity, while the India Meteorological Department forecast further rainfall across the city and suburbs, prompting authorities to remain on alert.
Heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms returned to Mumbai in the past week, disrupting suburban railway services, affecting long-distance train operations and causing traffic congestion across the city. The downpour also resulted in Tulsi and Vihar lakes overflowing after sustained rainfall in their catchment areas, improving water availability for the financial capital while creating fresh operational challenges for transport infrastructure.
Local train services on both the Central and Western Railway networks operated with delays as waterlogging and adverse weather affected rail movement. Commuters experienced longer travel times during the morning peak hours, while long-distance trains bound for Gujarat continued to face disruption because of waterlogging in the Vasai–Virar section of neighbouring Palghar district and at multiple locations in south Gujarat. Rail services on the Mumbai–Pune route also remained affected as restoration work continued following landslides in the Bhor Ghat section earlier in the week.
Videos from suburban stations showed passengers walking along railway tracks after services beyond Vasai Road were temporarily suspended during the previous night. Authorities worked to restore normal operations, although intermittent rain continued to affect the rail network and road traffic across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
The heavy rainfall significantly improved water storage in Mumbai's reservoir system. Vihar Lake reached full capacity and began overflowing during the night, followed by Tulsi Lake a few hours later. Both reservoirs, located within the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, form part of the seven-lake network that supplies drinking water to Mumbai. Overflow from Tulsi flows into Vihar, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Civic officials said the seven reservoirs together held approximately 598,589 million litres of water against their total live storage capacity of 1,447,363 million litres. Tulsi Lake has a live storage capacity of 8,046 million litres and supplies around 18 million litres of drinking water to the city each day. Powai Lake had also overflowed earlier this month, although its water is not used for potable supply.
The India Meteorological Department forecast intermittent light to moderate rainfall over Mumbai and its suburbs, with isolated spells of heavier showers expected during the day. Authorities continued monitoring rainfall, reservoir levels and transport operations as the active monsoon system remained over the region, urging commuters to expect delays and exercise caution while travelling.
Source: PTI
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