Heavy rain lashed Mumbai and the Konkan coast on Tuesday, slowing down the road traffic.
The lakes in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) witnessed a significant increase in water level due to rain in neighbouring districts of Thane, Palghar and Raigad from the last three days.
With this, the MMRwould have a comfortable stock of water till the monsoon of 2018, said sources.
Weatherman has forecast heavy to very heavy rain in the Konkan belt of Maharashtra. In the last 24 hours, the Colaba and Santacruz observatories of the Regional Meteorological Centre and the rain gauges of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have recorded good rainfall — average over 50 mm.
The useful content in the seven lakes of MMR that supplies water to Mumbai — Modak Sagar, Tansa, Vehar, Tulsi, Upper Vaitarna, Bhatsa and Middle Vaitarna — now stands at 14,36,035 million litres, as against the 10,75,254 million litres in 2015, according to BMC.
The IMD has advised fishermen not to venture into the Arabian Sea for the next 24 hours.
Traffic snarl
As rains lashed Mumbai, traffic in south Mumbai slowed down significantly. According to Skymet Weather, the western coast received good rainfall. "Maharashtra witnessed some really good spells in the last two days. Within a span of 24 hours, from 8.30 am on Monday, Mahabaleshwar witnessed sharp showers of 75 mm, Harnai received 35 mm rain, Mumbai 22.6 mm, Ratnagiri 40 mm, Dahanu witnessed 22 mm and Bhira recorded 21 mm of rainfall. A few regions of coastal Karnataka and coastal Gujarat also witnessed light spells."
The lakes in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) witnessed a significant increase in water level due to rain in neighbouring districts of Thane, Palghar and Raigad from the last three days.
With this, the MMRwould have a comfortable stock of water till the monsoon of 2018, said sources.
Weatherman has forecast heavy to very heavy rain in the Konkan belt of Maharashtra. In the last 24 hours, the Colaba and Santacruz observatories of the Regional Meteorological Centre and the rain gauges of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have recorded good rainfall — average over 50 mm.
The useful content in the seven lakes of MMR that supplies water to Mumbai — Modak Sagar, Tansa, Vehar, Tulsi, Upper Vaitarna, Bhatsa and Middle Vaitarna — now stands at 14,36,035 million litres, as against the 10,75,254 million litres in 2015, according to BMC.
The IMD has advised fishermen not to venture into the Arabian Sea for the next 24 hours.
Traffic snarl
As rains lashed Mumbai, traffic in south Mumbai slowed down significantly. According to Skymet Weather, the western coast received good rainfall. "Maharashtra witnessed some really good spells in the last two days. Within a span of 24 hours, from 8.30 am on Monday, Mahabaleshwar witnessed sharp showers of 75 mm, Harnai received 35 mm rain, Mumbai 22.6 mm, Ratnagiri 40 mm, Dahanu witnessed 22 mm and Bhira recorded 21 mm of rainfall. A few regions of coastal Karnataka and coastal Gujarat also witnessed light spells."
Heavy rain lashed Mumbai and the Konkan coast on Tuesday, slowing down the road traffic.
The lakes in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) witnessed a significant increase in water level due to rain in neighbouring districts of Thane, Palghar and Raigad from the last three days.
With this, the MMR would have a comfortable stock of water till the monsoon of 2018, said sources.
Weatherman has forecast heavy to very heavy rain in the Konkan belt of Maharashtra. In the last 24 hours, the Colaba and Santacruz observatories of the Regional Meteorological Centre and the rain gauges of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have recorded good rainfall — average over 50 mm.
The useful content in the seven lakes of MMR that supplies water to Mumbai — Modak Sagar, Tansa, Vehar, Tulsi, Upper Vaitarna, Bhatsa and Middle Vaitarna — now stands at 14,36,035 million litres, as against the 10,75,254 million litres in 2015, according to BMC.
The IMD has advised fishermen not to venture into the Arabian Sea for the next 24 hours.
Traffic snarl
As rains lashed Mumbai, traffic in south Mumbai slowed down significantly. According to Skymet Weather, the western coast received good rainfall. "Maharashtra witnessed some really good spells in the last two days. Within a span of 24 hours, from 8.30 am on Monday, Mahabaleshwar witnessed sharp showers of 75 mm, Harnai received 35 mm rain, Mumbai 22.6 mm, Ratnagiri 40 mm, Dahanu witnessed 22 mm and Bhira recorded 21 mm of rainfall. A few regions of coastal Karnataka and coastal Gujarat also witnessed light spells.”
The lakes in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) witnessed a significant increase in water level due to rain in neighbouring districts of Thane, Palghar and Raigad from the last three days.
With this, the MMR would have a comfortable stock of water till the monsoon of 2018, said sources.
Weatherman has forecast heavy to very heavy rain in the Konkan belt of Maharashtra. In the last 24 hours, the Colaba and Santacruz observatories of the Regional Meteorological Centre and the rain gauges of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have recorded good rainfall — average over 50 mm.
The useful content in the seven lakes of MMR that supplies water to Mumbai — Modak Sagar, Tansa, Vehar, Tulsi, Upper Vaitarna, Bhatsa and Middle Vaitarna — now stands at 14,36,035 million litres, as against the 10,75,254 million litres in 2015, according to BMC.
The IMD has advised fishermen not to venture into the Arabian Sea for the next 24 hours.
Traffic snarl
As rains lashed Mumbai, traffic in south Mumbai slowed down significantly. According to Skymet Weather, the western coast received good rainfall. "Maharashtra witnessed some really good spells in the last two days. Within a span of 24 hours, from 8.30 am on Monday, Mahabaleshwar witnessed sharp showers of 75 mm, Harnai received 35 mm rain, Mumbai 22.6 mm, Ratnagiri 40 mm, Dahanu witnessed 22 mm and Bhira recorded 21 mm of rainfall. A few regions of coastal Karnataka and coastal Gujarat also witnessed light spells.”