Over 200mm rain swamps city through the night

CM Calls Urgent Meeting, Puts All Agencies On Alert

Mumbai: With 200mm of rain in the early morning hours inundating the city and the IMD issuing the highest level of alert till Monday afternoon, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday held an emergency meeting with the heads of various agencies and instructed them to be on alert for the next four-five days.

Thackeray also asked the authorities to identify landslide-prone sites and ‘dangerous’ buildings and shift the residents to safer places. He directed the SRA, MMRDA and Mhada to provide PAP accommodation for these residents. He instructed the BMC to keep stormwater drain department staff on standby and de-watering pumps functional at nights too. Doctors and medical teams of Covid centres and field hospitals have also been asked to be on alert.