Indian Navy Comes To The Rescue Of Mumbai As Authorities Fail To Prepare The City For Monsoon

No one is alien to the fact that Mumbai is one of the worst affected cities by rains every year. From bridges collapsing to people falling into potholes filled with water to cancelled trains and even public holidays, these are the indicators that monsoons are here and once again, the authorities weren’t prepared to face nature’s wrath.

It has started pouring and the financial capital of India is already sinking. The situations got so worse that the authorities had to deploy the Indian Navy forces to rescue stranded citizens from rain hit Mumbai.

#IndianNavy deploys various teams to provide relief to rain hit and stranded Mumbaikars in Kurla area @Dev_Fadnavis @CMOMaharashtra @PIBMumbai @DDNewsHindi @SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @DefenceMinIndia @airnewsalerts @nitin_gadkari @RanveerOfficial @meghnagulzar pic.twitter.com/hkIGFZNJI0

— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) July 2, 2019

#IndianNavy teams on the job in Mumbai to help rain hit Mumbaikars pic.twitter.com/j9G2aqMVmJ

— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) July 2, 2019

And needless to say, the Navy was quick enough to ‘prevent any untoward incidents due to overflowing Mithi river.’ Around 1000 people were evacuated by the Navy forces from Kranti Nagar, Kurla, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) tweeted.

1000 people were evacuated from Kranti Nagar, Kurla, to prevent any untoward incidents due to an overflowing Mithi river #MumbaiRains #MumbaiRainsLiveUpdates #MumbaiRainsLive

— माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) July 2, 2019

The current state of Aamchi Mumbai is so grave that schools and offices have been shut down, some trains and flights have been cancelled and the Chief Minister is advising people to not leave their house, unless an emergency.

Due to heavy rain forecast in Mumbai even today by IMD, People are advised to stay indoors unless there is any emergency.#MumbaiRainsLive #MumbaiRainsLiveUpdates #MumbaiRains

— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) July 2, 2019

BMC & @MumbaiPolice on continuous alert & working 24×7 to give all assistance to #Mumbaikars .
As a precautionary measure & IMD advisory on heavy rains we declared holiday.
We need to remain alert for next 2 days.
My interaction with media on #MumbaiRains https://t.co/fFx5nYwyLu pic.twitter.com/LJLDMzPYq3

— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) July 2, 2019

While Mumbai is drowning, the blame game has already begun with Twitter flooded with tweets of distressed citizens calling for immediate actions:

If proper work had been done from your side.. then u wldnt hv been evacuating ppl.. instead u will be pumping water out rather dng this..

— Arshad Khan (@Khan3189) July 2, 2019

Bmc is not responsible to throw garbage, plastics,flush tissues we are only responsible

— VINIT MARATHE (@vinitmarathe1) July 2, 2019

There are many more people who are stuck
Please help them to

— Milind Jadhav🇮🇳 (@jadhav_milind28) July 2, 2019

And if we don’t come up with a long term solution to this yearly calamity, the day isn’t far that the city will crumble under its weight.

Stay safe, Mumbaikars!