The heavy rains paralyzed life in the financial capital of India

Strong precipitation in the financial capital of India, Mumbai, disrupted the lives of millions of people, submerging the roads and leading to cancellations of flights and train.

Many parts of the city remain flooded in water to the waist, with videos showing residents who were swimming in water -signed roads while the garbage gushed from the blocked sewers.

The authorities rescued nearly 600 people on Tuesday stuck on a overcrowded monorail system that stopped in mid-response. At least 23 of them were to be treated for suffocation, the civic authorities said.

Most schools and colleges remain closed. Some 350 people were evacuated from the low areas of the city and were transferred to temporary shelters.

The Meteorological Department of India issued a red alert for the city and its neighboring districts, predicting very heavy rains on Wednesday, but said that the situation would improve later in the week.

The monsoon rains are common in the state of Maharashtra – where Mumbai is located – at that time of the year.

But the region is experiencing particularly strong rains this time. In just four days, Mumbai saw 800 mm of precipitation, according to the meteorological department of India, which is well above the average rain that the city obtains in August.

At least 21 people died in the past four days in accidents related to rain in the state.

Local trains in Mumbai – a rescue buoy for millions of shuttles – have experienced heavy interruptions with thousands of people waiting for platforms on Tuesday because the services were delayed for hours.

“The trains scheduled for last night left this morning and those who are supposed to leave this morning were delayed until later,” a passenger told the Anima news agency.

The flight operations to and from the city’s international airport have also taken a hit, with 50 flights which would have been canceled in the past few days.

“Although we want your trip to be as a hassle as possible, Mother Nature has her own plans. With heavy rains expected in Mumbai, there is a chance that it can lead to the congestion of air traffic and impact flight operations,” said Indigo, budget carrier, on X.

Meanwhile, chaos broke out Tuesday after a monorail system, which would have been full beyond its capacity, stopped half-Piste.

A passenger who was on the train told the BBC Marathi that with the extinguished air conditioning, the passengers had tried to open the doors to call for help.

The fire service and the police teams had to use cranes to drop the blocked passengers of the high tracks.

A preliminary survey suggested that the incident took place due to “overcrowding on the train”, according to reports.

Opposition legislators blamed the government to be poorly prepared to manage the situation.

Aaditha Thackeray of the opposition party Shiv Sena (UBT) said that several regions, including Mumbai, witnessed an “absolute collapse of governance”.

He alleged that the government had made “zero planning” despite the red alerts issued, stressing that the city’s airport had been flooded on Tuesday and that new water launch points appeared – in particular around the recently built infrastructure.

Several citizens have also visited social networks, criticizing the collapsed infrastructure of the city and bad planning.

More than 12 million people live in Mumbai, who sees an influx of migrants from across the country each year, who come in search of better opportunities.

Although the city has seen a multitude of infrastructure upgrades in recent years – in particular coastal roads, sea decks and a new metro system – say that investments to improve aging drainage systems and resilient climate infrastructure have not followed the pace of the growing population.

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