Maharashtra: IMD Issues A Red Alert For Heavy Rain In Mumbai Today
India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for heavy rain in Mumbai today. The police have asked residents of Mumbai to stay indoors until essential.
They have requested Mumbaikars to dial 100 or 112 in case of emergencies. Eleven flights were cancelled and 10 were diverted to nearby airports from Mumbai yesterday due to heavy rain.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde took stock of the situation, called the Raigad collector and told him to help all flood-affected people. Traffic stopped at Tamhini Ghat on the Raigad-Pune route after a landslide.
Teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and its state counterpart SDRF have been deployed, while the army’s airlifting teams have been asked to remain on standby.
