Rain has again picked up the momentum in Mumbai on Monday leading to water-logging at some places and disrupting local train services. 

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As per a report by PTI, officials have said that a day after heavy showers battered Mumbai, the rain intensity reduced briefly on Monday morning and picked up momentum again, leading to water-logging at some places and disrupting local train services. 

 

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According to a tweet by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on weather forecast, thundershowers are expected in the city and suburbs with a possibility of very extreme to heavy rainfall at isolated places.

 

On Sunday, 30 people were killed in the metropolis in rain-related incidents, including 19 in Mahul area of Chembur where a retaining wall collapsed on some houses after a landslide. On Monday, no fresh death was reported, an official from the BMC said. 

Local train services of the Central Railway were affected due to water-logging on tracks between Vikhroli and Bhandup following heavy showers in parts of the suburbs, CR's chief spokesperson Shivaji Sutar said, as per a PTI report.

The suburban train services were suspended in that section of the main line from 10.35 am to 10.50 am as a precautionary measure, he said. 

"Trains are being run at a cautious speed between Kanjurmarg and Vikhroli stations due to heavy rain," Sutar said, as quoted by PTI. 

In the Kasara Ghat section, located about 130 km from Mumbai, a mudslide occurred on one of the three rail lines early Monday morning, Sutar said. Traffic was affected only on the down line due to the mudslide, but trains were running on the middle and up lines, according to the Central Railway. 

The eastern suburbs of Mumbai recorded the highest 90.65 mm rainfall in the 24-hour period ending at 8 am on Monday, as compared to 48.88 mm rainfall in the island city and 51.89 mm rainfall in western suburbs, a BMC official said. 

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) earlier issued an "orange alert" for Mumbai on Monday, predicting "heavy to very heavy rain at few places", as per a PTI report.

On Sunday evening, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray took stock of the preparedness by various government agencies to tackle any emergency.  He also expressed grief over the deaths in accidents at Chembur and Vikhroli due to torrential rains that started from midnight in Mumbai.

Thackeray had directed the agencies to remain more alert and asked authorities to keep a watch on landslide-prone areas and dilapidated buildings.