Photos: Heavy rains lash Mumbai; train, traffic services hit

Vehicles make their way through the waterlogged road during heavy rain, at Kings Circle, in Mumbai. Normal life was disrupted due to severe waterlogging after heavy rains lashed Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Wednesday with the advance of the monsoon in the state.

Mumbai local train services were suspended between some stations as a precautionary measure. | Above: Stranded local train commuters walk on the waterlogged railway tracks during rain, at Kurla.

Shivaji M Sutar, Chief Public Relations Officer, Central Railway, Mumbai said that train services between Kurla and CSMT were suspended as the water was flowing over tracks between Kurla and Sion stations. "Due to heavy rains in Suburbs and waterlogging b/w Sion- Kurla, as precautionary measures, the train services between CSMT-Kurla have been suspended from 9.50 am. Services on other sections are running," Shivaji M Sutar tweeted.

Due to heavy rains and waterlogging near Chunabhatti station, train services on the Harbour line between CSMT and Vashi were also suspended from 10.20 am. "On mainline due to waterlogging in Sion-Kurla section services have been suspended from CSMT- Thane from 10.20 am," added the CPRO.

The heavy rainfall also caused traffic snarls in different parts of the city. | Above: Vehicles wade through a waterlogged road at Kings Circle in Mumbai.

A taxi driver pushes his car as he tries to wade through a waterlogged street at Hindmata in Mumbai. Mumbai has been receiving rainfall since Tuesday night.

Commuters make their way through flooded roads following heavy monsoon rains in Mumbai. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded rainfall in Santacruz at 50.4 mm and in Colaba at 65.4 mm.

"Monsoon has arrived in Mumbai today, normal arrival date is June 10 every year so it has arrived prior to the average arrival date," said Dr Jayanta Sarkar, Deputy Director General (DDG), IMD Mumbai.

The IMD in a tweet said that the southwest monsoon is likely to advance into more parts of Maharashtra and is likely to advance into more parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, some parts of Odisha, and more parts of West Bengal during the next two days.

Earlier on Monday, IMD warned of heavy rains during four days from June 9 to 12 in all districts in the Konkan, including the Mumbai metropolitan areas.

People wade through a waterlogged road after heavy rains in Mumbai.

A driver looks out from inside a bus stucked in a waterlogged raod during a heavy monsoon rainfall in Mumbai.

A man walks though a waterlogged railway track during heavy rains in Mumbai.

Boys swim on a waterlogged road next to an oil tanker during heavy rains in Mumbai.

A homeless people shelter unnder a flyover during a heavy monsoon rainfall in Mumbai.

A man walks with his cycle through flooded street during heavy rain in Mumbai.

People walks through flooded street during heavy rain in Mumbai.