Municipal authorities also evacuated 100 families in Chandivali after a 300-metre-long stretch of a road caved in. “On Monday, we had issued rainfall warning of heavy to very heavy rain in some areas, but it was not anticipated that extremely heavy rain would occur,” said KS Hosalikar, deputy director general, western region, IMD. But the municipal authorities said work was being done on a war footing, and that little could be done in case of extremely heavy rainfall. “During heavy rain, the 24x7 media rush to the usual low-lying spots and cry hoarse. Augmenting capacity of drains will work in cities with higher elevation and not for Mumbai, a city below sea level,’’ said Stalin D, an environmentalist.

Source: Hindustan Times July 02, 2019 18:33 UTC