The officials havesaid that around 15 people have been rescued so far and shifted to nearbyhospitals for treatment. However, they suggest that the death toll is expectedto rise as several people are still trapped inside the debris.
Soon after theincident, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and police teams reachedthe spot and started carrying out the rescue operations. Landslides hadoccurred in the area due to heavy rains, NDRF confirmed. Nearly five houseshave also been affected due to the incident.
A red alert has beensounded in the city and people have been advised not to venture out in theopen.
Mumbai city recorded156.94 mm rain has been recorded between 8 pm and 2 am, officials said, addingthat the eastern suburbs recorded 143.14 mm and the western 125.37 mm,respectively.
The downpour causedheavy flooding in low lying areas of Chunabhatti, Sion, Dadar, and GandhiMarket, Chembur and Kurla LBS Road.
The suburban trainservices on both Central Railway and Western Railway in the financial capitalwere suspended due to water logging in the tracks due to the overnightdownpour.
Central Railway saidthat due to water logging in tracks at Dadar, Parel, Matunga, Kurla, Sion,Bhandup and other locations, train services on main line were suspended betweenCSMT and Thane.
Several long distancetrains on both Central railway and Western Railway were affected due to theflooded tracks.
Mumbai will continueto receive heavy to very heavy rainfall in the next five days, the IndiaMeteorological Department (IMD) said.