Mumbai High Tide 2009 Mumbai gears up for highest tide of season
MUMBAI: As rains lashed the city, the metropolis is all set to face the highest tide of the season which will hit its shores on Friday.
The city is expected to experience a high tide of 5.1 metres at approximately 1323 hours which would last till about 1925 hours, officials said.
The meteorological department had allayed fears of large scale flooding due to rains and said that it was unlikely very heavy rains would be experienced during the high tide period.
Disaster Management Cell of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, however, has geared up to handle any situation like 26/7 deluge.
Moderate rains were experienced across the city with the Colaba station recording 20.4 mm of rainfall and 35.9 mm at the Santacruz station.
Civic body officials said that there was no major water logging reported in the city and pumps had been operated for at certain low lying locations like Milan subway in suburban Andheri to drain out excessive rain water.
Train services on the Central and Western lines were largely on schedule with no waterlogging on the tracks. Air traffic at the city's airport also remained unaffected.
Road traffic was slow, but there were no snarls on any of the arterial routes, police officials said.
Road traffic was slow but there were no snarls on any of the arterial routes, officials said.
The city recorded 17.5 mm rainfall, the Eastern suburbs 27.26 mm while Western suburbs recorded 12.78 mm rainfall from 0830 to 1630 hours.
The high tide recorded during the 26/7 floods in 2005 was 4.48 m with rainfall of 944 mm. Nearly 1000 persons were killed and Rs 15,000 crore worth of property was lost in the unprecedented floods.
"There is no need to worry if it does not rain heavily on July 24," Municipal Chief Jairaj Phatak said.
To be on a more safer side the civic authorities have taken several precautions so that citizens do not face any hardship, Phatak said.
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MUMBAI: As rains lashed the city, the metropolis is all set to face the highest tide of the season which will hit its shores on Friday.
The city is expected to experience a high tide of 5.1 metres at approximately 1323 hours which would last till about 1925 hours, officials said.
The meteorological department had allayed fears of large scale flooding due to rains and said that it was unlikely very heavy rains would be experienced during the high tide period.
Disaster Management Cell of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, however, has geared up to handle any situation like 26/7 deluge.
Moderate rains were experienced across the city with the Colaba station recording 20.4 mm of rainfall and 35.9 mm at the Santacruz station.
Civic body officials said that there was no major water logging reported in the city and pumps had been operated for at certain low lying locations like Milan subway in suburban Andheri to drain out excessive rain water.
Train services on the Central and Western lines were largely on schedule with no waterlogging on the tracks. Air traffic at the city's airport also remained unaffected.
Road traffic was slow, but there were no snarls on any of the arterial routes, police officials said.
Road traffic was slow but there were no snarls on any of the arterial routes, officials said.
The city recorded 17.5 mm rainfall, the Eastern suburbs 27.26 mm while Western suburbs recorded 12.78 mm rainfall from 0830 to 1630 hours.
The high tide recorded during the 26/7 floods in 2005 was 4.48 m with rainfall of 944 mm. Nearly 1000 persons were killed and Rs 15,000 crore worth of property was lost in the unprecedented floods.
"There is no need to worry if it does not rain heavily on July 24," Municipal Chief Jairaj Phatak said.
To be on a more safer side the civic authorities have taken several precautions so that citizens do not face any hardship, Phatak said.
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