#MumbaiRains: It's not only Mumbai but Twitter too flooded with pics, jokes, anger
Mumbai, June 19: Incessant rains lashing Mumbai since Thursday night. Normal life in the city has been disrupted. Train services on the busy Central, Harbour and Western lines have been suspended due to water-logging.
Thousands of commuters, bound for offices and other work places, were caught unaware at suburban stations around the city as railways announced suspension of services.
While Central line connects Mumbai CST to far-flung areas like Kasara, Badlapur, Ambernath etc, Harbour Line connects CST to Panvel. Western line starts from Churchgate and is recently extended up to Dahanu.
Schools, colleges were closed on Friday, June 19. University examinations, where scheduled to be held on Friday, have been called off.
Meanwhile, micro-blogging site Twitter has been flooded with comments, jokes, anger. Many people from Mumbai have been sharing pictures of rains and its aftereffect as #MumbaiRains has been trending since Friday morning.
Here are a few reactions from Twitter:
Imp
Msg
to
Office
Goers...
Do
not
divert
towards
Lonavla.......
You
may
meet
your
boss
there..😄😜
#MumbaiRains
—
navinpatel
(@patelnavin91)
June
19,
2015
Now
I
can
remove
that
boat
I
had
bought
for
a
day
like
this
!
#MumbaiRains
—
Advait
Nemlekar
(@AdvaitNemlekar)
June
19,
2015
Welcome
back
#
potholes
we
missed
you
all
these
days
#MumbaiRains.
You
are
pride
of
#Mumbai
—
Ritesh
Sinha
(@ritekuma007)
June
19,
2015
A
boat
would
be
a
better
mode
of
transportation
than
a
car.
Roadways
looking
more
like
waterways
#mumbairains
—
himanshu
kapil
(@76ontherocks)
June
19,
2015
#MumbaiRains
Mumbai
WR
train
services
out
of
gear
scene
at
6.15
am
today.Trains
are
not
running
beyond
andheri
pic.twitter.com/0aeaD0H07p
—
Darshak
Shah
(@darshak2303)
June
19,
2015
@bhogleharsha
Haha..Go
out
only
if
U
own
a
boat..#MumbaiRains
—
Mansoon
Aya
(@satyavolupavan)
June
19,
2015
#MumbaiRains
One
minute
silence
for
those
who
stay
near
to
their
offices....happy
monsoon!!
—
Mukul
Dekhane
(@c6f82d1bed4049f)
June
19,
2015
#MumbaiRains
could
be
a
real
danger
for
#Indiandemocracy
as
Arnab
Goswami
may
not
be
able
to
make
it
to
his
office
—
Lalit
Advani
(@lalitadvani)
June
19,
2015
#MumbaiRains
Land
level
in
mumbai
is
below
sea
level
and
hence
heavy
rain
find
hard
to
drain
in
to
sea.
—
Abhay
Anand
(@ABHAY_1987)
June
19,
2015
#MumbaiRains
cannot
move
out
of
my
Sion
house
😢
pic.twitter.com/nmRc7ht5Qs
—
Tanuj
'TAZ'
Bhambri
(@tazrooney)
June
19,
2015
That
awkward
felling
when
all
colleges
are
close
or
as
I
like
to
say
everyone
is
bunking
college
and
I
have
no
college
to
bunk.
#MumbaiRains
—
Yash
(@TheJoshya)
June
19,
2015
Hope
some
govt
will
look
for
a
long
term
solution
to
tackle
the
effects
of
rains
n
high
tide
in
mumbai
#MumbaiRains
@Dev_Fadnavis
@PMOIndia
—
Abhishek
Bansal
(@Abhishek_SIBM)
June
19,
2015
To
all
Mumbaikars.
.
Take
care
and
Stay
Safe!!
#MumbaiRains
please
stop
playing
politics
over
this
issue
at
least!!!
Phew..
—
Priyank
zala
(@87pzzzz)
June
19,
2015
The
resolve
of
#Mumbaikars
to
reach
work
in
such
situations
baffles
me.
Speaks
volumes
about
how
much
a
day's
pay
matters.
#MumbaiRains
—
Nalini
(@Nalini_28)
June
19,
2015
Got
a
leave
from
my
office
today
thanks
to
#MumbaiRains
—
Rohan
Thakker
(@rohan8493)
June
19,
2015
BMC
once
again
failed
on
#MumbaiRains
—
Deepak
Pal
(@Deepakpal)
June
19,
2015
.
@minhazmerchant
This
is
the
scene
INSIDE
my
children's
school!!
#MumbaiRains
pic.twitter.com/x3PoRroYxF
—
Priti
Gandhi
(@MrsGandhi)
June
19,
2015
Looks
like
all
trains
on
d
western
line
r
cancelled.
Got
these
pictures
via
WhatsApp.
Stay
at
home
ppl.
#MumbaiRains
pic.twitter.com/yjuekhruQQ
—
That
Goan
Boy
(@schmmuck)
June
19,
2015
Here's
what
Marine
Drive
looks
like
right
now
@WeAreMumbai
#MumbaiRains
pic.twitter.com/40xwNj3SZt
—
Khozema
Agarwala
(@KhozemaAgarwala)
June
12,
2015
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