Mumbai Rains turn Heavy rainfall in Mumbai leaves commuters returning home from office stranded. Leads to widespread water-logging and traffic disruptions Five hours of heavy rainfall in Mumbai.
India’s financial capital which is the costliest real estate market in the country. Where apartments are sold for almost ₹1.50 lakh per sq ft and above, caught citizens returning from office unawares. It also led to widespread water logging and traffic disruptions.
While it is anticipated that the monsoon will withdraw during the initial half of October. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has proclaimed. A red alert for the regions of Maharashtra, Konkan, and Goa, forecasting substantial precipitation.
On September 25, five hours of around 200 mm rainfall resulted in water logging in several areas of the city. That disrupted traffic and railway services. Several people returning from the office were left stranded.
Mumbai Rains turns Heavy rains in the city throw life out of gear every monsoon season. This say some property experts, impacts both property values and rentals in the city.
Rain disrupts life in Bandra Kurla Complex. The country’s costliest commercial district.
Several commuters returning from offices located in BKC. Heavy showers caught the city’s most expensive central business district (CBD) unawares, disrupting life in the financial capita
BKC commands a per sq ft rent in the range of ₹300 to ₹500. In some cases this has touched more than ₹500 per sq ft to ₹700 per sq ft according to local brokers.
Several government offices, including that of GST. Reserve Bank of India, Income Tax Department, Family Court have their premises in BKC. The US Consulate is also located in BKC near the Jio Convention Centre. Luxury hotels Sofitel and Trident are also in BKC.
Prominent multinational firms that have their offices in BKC include Jio, Apple, Netflix, Google, Facebook, Amazon, National Stock Exchange, Standard Chartered Bank, WeWork, CISCO, Pfizer, Spotify, Blackstone among several others.
However, several employees returning from their offices in BKC were stranded on September 25. After heavy rains threw life out of gear in the city. I tried booking a cab in the evening but to no avail.
There were no auto rickshaws available and the only option. We had was to walk to Bandra station, which was not possible due to heavy rainfall. An employee not wishing to be named and working with a real estate consultancy firm, told HT.com
There is a problem of getting cabs even on normal days during evening peak hours but on September 25 several of us working in BKC reached home at midnight.
Anticipating these problems, several offices in the area had asked employees to work from home today following a travel advisory issued by the authorities,” said the employee.
Another employee working in BKC said, ” BKC has now touched a saturation point and has become overcrowded. The only thing that can help ease travel to BKC are the two Metro corridors which are likely to be operational soon,”
₹10 crore apartments in the western suburbs became ‘river facing’ after the city receives spell of heavy rainfall
On September 25, several commuters reported waterlogging on the Western Express Highway (WEH) in Goregaon East near Oberoi Mall via social media. Citizens complained about vehicular congestion caused by the waterlogging near Oberoi Mall.
Ankit Arora, a resident of Borivali who plans to upgrade from 1 BHK apartment to 2 BHK said that no budget is enough to ensure that one can reach home safely during heavy rainfall.
Real estate developers are selling 3 and 4 BHK apartments in Goregaon for ₹10 crore and above, and in Borivali for ₹3 to ₹5 crore, but a few hours of heavy rainfall have disrupted traffic and caused waterlogging.. I took four hours to reach home yesterday, which usually takes me two hours on a bad day from BKC.
No matter how much budget you have or how much you are ready to pay to buy an apartment in Mumbai, you cannot guarantee that you would reach home safely after heavy showers,” said Arora.
Real estate consultants point out that waterlogging is a major factor that impacts India’s costliest real estate market. They said property and rental values are 10% to 20% lower in areas that experience waterlogging every year.
On September 25, several areas like Dadar TT, Sewri railway station, Sion, Kurla railway station, Chembur, Ghatkopar, Swasthik , Mankhurd railway station, Goregaon, Andheri and Malad subway among others reported water logging in Mumbai, according to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
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