Mumbai: Round-the-clock helplines have been setup to help people affected in the city following heavy rains and problems related to waterlogging.
Following are the helpline numbers:
BMC Emergency Operations Centre:
022-22694725/022-22694727/022-22694719
MeT Control:
022-22150431
Fire Control (short-circuits/tree fall etc):
022-223076111
Traffic Control:
022-24937755/022-24937746/022-24940303
Railway:
022-23759283
Airline:
1400/022-26156600
MMRDA:
022-26591241/022-26594176/8080705051
Navy/Coastguard/Marine (Rescue Ops):
022-24316558, 022-24326890
Disaster Management govt of Maharashtra:
Suhash Divse – 9822596967
PRO numbers:
BMC PRO – Vivek Rabale: 08879399935
BMC chief PRO – Vijay Khabale Patil: 09930998844
Western Railway PRO – David: 09004490051
Chief PRO – Sharad Chandrayan: 09004490050
Harbour & Central PRO – AK Jain: 09987640035
Director MeT – VK Rajeev: 09769731189
MMRDA PRO – Dilip Kawathkar: 08108190009
Mumbai Metro PRO – Akash Agarwal: 08767171558, Amit Biswas: 09322305391
Mono rail – MR Kharat: 9819951975, 24062174
Barely a week into the monsoon, Mumbai and its surroundings on Friday were paralysed heavy rains lashed the city since Thursday evening, while torrential rains slowed down in other parts of Maharashtra, officials said here.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of heavy rainfall in Mumbai, coastal Konkan and other parts over the next two-three days accompanied by strong winds touching 60 knots and very rough seas.
The rains hit hard the lifelines of Mumbai -- the suburban railway network -- with waterlogging on railway tracks, preventing office-goers from commuting to and from their homes and workplaces.
While the Central Railway (CR) and Harbour Line, and Western Railway (WR) managed to start a few services for the day in the early hours, they were delayed and later suspended in the city, rail officials and the BMC Disaster Cell said.
However, services continued on the mainland beyond Thane, Karjat-Kasara and Panvel sections of Central Railway and beyond Vasai on Western Railway.
Meanwhile, all flights in and out of Mumbai have been delayed owing to the incessant rain.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today visited the state and Brihanmumbai municipal corporation (BMC) Disaster Cells to take stock of the situation and discussed precautionary and relief measures with top officials.
(With Agency inputs)
