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Railway workers clear debris near Tunnel No. 40 near Bhor Ghat end on the Mumbai-Pune railway route after a landslide amid heavy rains, Monday. (Photo: Central Railway)

Traffic on the Pune–Mumbai Expressway has been suspended since early this morning after heavy rainfall in in both the cities triggered a landslide and damaged a wall on the Missing Link. The old Pune–Mumbai Highway has been closed for vehicles due to damage to a power line. Continuous heavy rainfall has resulted in water accumulation on both highways, the State Highway Police said.

Meanwhile, 16 trains have been cancelled and several others were diverted after another lanslide on a track of of the Central Railway’s Mumbai division between Thakurvadi and Monkey Hill Loop Cabin.

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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has declared a holiday for all government, private, and municipal schools and colleges in Mumbai today, following an ‘orange’ alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for heavy rainfall.

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