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Press Trust of India on MSNFlood-like situation in parts of Gujarat amid heavy rain; several evacuated
Several teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and state unit SDRF were mobilised to carry out relief and rescue operations in the affected areas.
On Tuesday, heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs, flooding streets that turned into rivers in several places. Local train services were also affected on the main and harbour lines after tracks were submerged due to excessive rain.
Heavy rains in Mumbai on Tuesday disrupted Central Railway services, submerging four lines at Sion and two Harbour lines between Kurla and Chunabhatti. While heavy rain and rising Mithi River levels contributed to the waterlogging,
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One of the Monorail trains was stuck between Mysore Colony and Bhakti Park, and cranes had to be deployed to rescue more than 400 passengers travelling in it. Over a hundred were evacuated from another Monorail train which was successfully towed back to the nearby Wadala station,