Heavy rains lash Mumbai, other districts; road cave-in hits traffic on Ahmedabad-bound highway

Mumbai rains: A part of the road in Palghar district of Maharashtra caved in, affecting traffic on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway for more than four hours on June 9.

Mumbai and its neighbouring areas received heavy rains in the last 24 hours, bringing down the mercury and providing relief to residents from the hot and humid weather, officials said on June 9.

Due to the heavy showers, a part of the road in the neighbouring Palghar district of Maharashtra caved in, affecting traffic movement on the busy Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway for more than four hours on Sunday morning, they said.

Repair works, including a pipeline, were in progress when a portion of the road in Maljipada area of Palghar caved in due to heavy rains, an official from the police control room said.

Traffic came to a standstill and movement on both sides of the road was disrupted, he said.

Some people held up in the traffic jam since 5.30 a.m. on Sunday claimed no agency was attending to the problem.

Various other districts of Maharashtra, including Thane, Nashik, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Ahmednagar, Satara and Jalgaon, also received good showers in the last one day.

In the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 a.m. on Sunday, Mumbai received more than 60 mm of rainfall.