Mumbai rain: Key roads shut as waterlogging worsens amid red alert

2 min readMumbaiJul 4, 2026 02:08 PM IST

Pedestrians and motorists navigate a rain-soaked street amid heavy monsoon showers in Mumbai. (Express Photo by Akash Patil)

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday afternoon announced the closure of key routes in Mumbai after unabated showers inundated the city streets amid a red alert by the India Meteorological Department.

According to senior civic officials, the suburbs have been shut for vehicular traffic owing to extreme waterlogging triggered by overflow of Mogra nalla as well as the small drains linked to the Mogra drain, which flows through the western suburbs.

The roads, including Noor-e-Ilahi Seva Road in Chembur, Veera Desai Road in Andheri, Municipal Market Road, SV Road in Andheri, Andheri subway, Vikhroli Huma mall junction as well as Gandhinagar junction and Pareshan Park have been closed.

“While continuous rainfall has delayed the release of accumulated water, there is also a high tide of 4.26 metres in the city at 2.50 pm,” said a civic body officer.

The IMD has placed Mumbai and its neighbouring districts of Thane and Palghar under a red alert starting Saturday owing to the likelihood of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The red warning is slated to remain in place throughout the weekend, until Monday 8.30 am, following which the intensity of showers is forecast to recede gradually.

The IMD has also issued two red nowcast warnings – at 9.30 am and 1 pm – for Mumbai and its neighbouring districts, indicating intense spells for a span of three hours.

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