Good governance is not about selfies and making us do yoga, says Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia

Mumbai, July 21: As Mumbaikars are reeling under heavy rains, Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia on Tuesday took to the micro-bloging site Twitter to express her woes.

Dhupia tweeted, "Mumbaikars pls be warned traffic outside is terrible,roads r flooded the situation is getting worse by the minute. Step out only if u must!"

"One rain n the city comes to a standstill. Good governance is not about selfies n makin us do yoga,it's making sure ur citizens r safe", she tweeted.

Dhupia's tweets that mentioned about selfies and yoga, were indirectly targeted towards the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government.

Mumbaikars pls be warned traffic outside is terrible,roads r flooded the situation is getting worse by the minute. Step out only if u must!

— Neha Dhupia (@NehaDhupia) July 21, 2015

One rain n the city comes to a standstill. Good governance is not about selfies n makin us do yoga,it's making sure ur citizens r safe.

— Neha Dhupia (@NehaDhupia) July 21, 2015

Maharashtra is presently governed by the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis-led NDA government.

On Tuesday morning, heavy rains threw normal life out of gear in the metropolis, leading to waterlogging in low-lying areas and disrupting local train services that hampered mobility of thousands in the morning rush hours.

Many other trains were rescheduled including the August Kranti Rajdhani Express.

The incessant rains claimed two lives in a wall collapse at Govandi last evening.

Low-lying areas like Kurla,Chembur, Tilak Nagar, Andheri, Parel and Lower Parel as well as parts of the neighbouring Thane, Navi Mumbai and Raigad suffered water logging.

The Western Railway's suburban services were affected between Andheri and Churchgate stations for some time due to a point failure that forced closure of two tracks while train movement on the Central line was suspended for sometime as tracks on some stretches were submerged due to the heavy downpour.

The suburban trains services were suspended for nearly 10 minutes at around 10.15 AM between Kurla and CST due to submergence of tracks between Sion and Kurla, according to a statement by the Central Railway.

During the last 24 hours, Colaba in south Mumbai received 15.8 mm rainfall while Santacruz weather station recorded 61 mm downpour.

The MeT department has issued a high tide warning.

OneIndia News

(With agency inputs)