Between 8 am and 10 pm on Wednesday, Mumbai received 101.35 mm of rain, while the eastern and western suburbs received 87.54 mm and 102.55 mm, respectively.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) upgraded the ‘orange’ signal to’red’ for the financial capital from Wednesday night until Thursday afternoon due to the continuous rain that pounded sections of Mumbai and its suburbs on Wednesday.The weather service had earlier in the day issued an orange signal for the city as well as Thane, Raigad, and Palghar districts, warning of heavy to very heavy rains.Between 8 am and 10 pm on Wednesday, Mumbai saw an average rainfall of 101.35 mm, while the eastern and western suburbs saw average rainfall of 87.54 mm and 102.55 mm, respectively.
The BMC’s administrator and municipal commissioner, Iqbal Singh Chahal, released a statement about it on Wednesday night. The BMC has declared a holiday for all municipal, government-run and private primary, secondary, and higher secondary schools as well as all institutions in the city and suburbs on Thursday in light of the red alert issued for Mumbai since student safety is of the utmost importance, according to the statement.Additionally, the University of Mumbai has postponed all of the city’s scheduled exams for Thursday. The institution stated that the revised date would be made public later.
