Maharashtra: Heavy rains alert in Mumbai, other coastal areas, CM directed officials to be prepared

Mumbai: Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray directed the state administration to stay alert and be prepared to tackle any eventuality in the wake of the forecast of heavy rains in Mumbai and other coastal areas of the state during this week.

The city, considered to be the financial capital of the country has been seeing rains from Tuesday night, but the India Meteorological Department (IMD) termed them as pre-monsoon showers.

On Tuesday, the IMD issued a warning of a heavy downpour for Mumbai and adjoining areas from June 9 to 13. “There are indications of southwest monsoon’s arrival in Mumbai on Wednesday,” said Shubhangi Bhute, director of the Regional Meteorological Centre, said on Tuesday evening.