Heavy rain in Mumbai: Three flights diverted to Gujarat

Mumbai: Heavy rain lashed the Mumbai  city on Thursday, due to which at least three flights, including a Jet Airways flight from London, were diverted to Sardar Patel airport in Ahmedabad. Local train services, considered lifeline of Mumabi city were disrupted. Trains on the Central Railway are delayed by about 10-15 minutes due to the rains. Services on the Western Railway, however, are running on time.  Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted heavy to very heavy spells of rain. The monsoon is scheduled to hit Maharashtra today or tomorrow and will cover the state by June 10. The IMD, meanwhile, has also predicted heavy rains or thunderstorms accompanied with squall in other states, including Goa — where the monsoon will landfall in the next 12 hours — the Konkan region, Karnataka, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. Meanwhile, due to weakened depression over Arabian sea, arrival of monsoon could be little late in Gujarat. Also, the heavy rain prediction for four districts of South Gujarat no more is relevant.

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