Rain lashed several parts of Mumbai on Thursday as an orange alert was issued in the city. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an yellow alert for the financial capital today.
Currently, the suburban train services of the Central Railway and Western Railway are also currently running normal. Apart from trains, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) busses are also running normal. Apart from Mumbai, a yellow alert for today has also been issued in Thane, Shindhudurg, Nasik, Kolhapur, Akola, Amravat, Bhandara, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Wardha, Washim and Yavatmal districts of Maharashtra.
Moreover, an orange alert has been issued in Satara, Pune, Ratnagiri, Raigad and Palghar today. Meanwhile, from 6-12 July, IMD has forecasted light to moderate fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely to continue over Gujarat state during the week; and over Konkan and Goa and ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra during 1st half of the week and isolated heavy thereafter.
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