Mumbai, August 1
Normal life was affected today as heavy rain disrupted rail and road traffic in different parts of the city and the suburbs.

According to the state police and fire brigade, heavy flooding was reported in north and central Mumbai with low-lying areas reporting three feet of floods.

Though the water levels did not rise as much as they did last Tuesday, they were enough to throw traffic out of gear.

According to Western and Central Railway authorities, train services were disrupted in the morning following heavy rain overnight. Officials said trains ran late by 15-20 minutes throughout the day and several services had to be cancelled.

Attendance in offices was thin after the Mumbai police warned people against venturing out.

Office-goers who reached the offices in the morning too chose to return home early after the authorities warned against bringing vehicles onto the streets.

The authorities had already closed schools, colleges and other educational institutions in Mumbai, Thane and Raigad after Sunday’s downpour.

Traffic along the eastern and western express highways too was disrupted following waterlogging at different spots.

Flights in and out of Mumbai too were affected as visibility narrowed down to 900 metres.

All major airlines, including Indian Airlines and Jet Airways, cancelled many flights and rescheduled the rest on account of poor visibility.

Elsewhere in Maharashtra, villages on downstream of several dams were evacuated after rains filled water storage systems.

A red alert was sounded in Pandharpur in western Maharashtra and 10,000 persons were evacuated in Sangli after the Koyna dam overflowed.