According to the Mumbai traffic police traffic was heavy for most part of the evening till 10 pm as the vehicles were moving slow between some stretches on the western express highway and at Amar Mahal junction at Chembur leading to the eastern express highway.Anil Garg, chairman of SBOA however said that it would be taking a final call on whether to ply their buses at 5 am. BMC workers clear a clogged drain on a waterlogged street in Parel.30 pm, the Colaba weather station recorded 142 mm of rainfall in the city, whereas the Santa Cruz weather station recorded 136.The Brihanmumbai municipal corporation (BMC) received 34 complaints of tree falling, maximum among them at city (15) and western suburbs (14).The weather bureau issued an alert at 8 pm predicting "intermittent heavy spells” in the next 48 hours in the city and suburbs.With the IMD predicting more rain on Wednesday, the School Bus Owners Association informed schools that their drivers would not be plying the buses in the morning lest the children get stranded due to water logging which is being anticipated due to high tide. 

The incessant rains affected railway services on the Harbour and Central line with trains being delayed by 20 minutes. In Bhandup, two people were injured after a boulder collapsed on eight houses at Khindipada. There was waterlogging at Hindmata in Parel, Dadar TT junction, Sion, Mukhyadhyapak Bhav-an, Parel TT, Santa Cruz, Vakola, Borivali and Dahisar. While the rains started mid-afternoon, schools remained unaffected in the suburbs though a few schools in the island city cancelled classes to enable students to leave early. Of them, 48 were installed in island city, whereas in the eastern and western suburbs 57 and 77 pumps were pressed into action respectively.The locals rescued Vijender Jaiswal (27) and Krishna Yadav (24) and admitted them to MT hospital, Mulund.

The civic body started 182 pumps to discharge water from flooded areas.Meanwhile, school education minister Vinod Tawde tweeted that schools were instructed to remain closed on Wednesday as a precaution. Services on the western line were also disrupted in the evening due to a signal failure at Bandra station.30 pm. 

However, an initial report by the meteorological department warned of heavy rainfall for the next four to five days in the state with an active monsoon spell during this period. "This holiday will be compensated in Diwali (sic),” he said.. (Photo: Shripad Naik) China wheel bearing repair kits Factory Mumbai: Just when Mumbaikars thought days of incessant rains and floods were over, heavy rains lashed Mumbai, Thane and adjoining areas on Tuesday

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We are always suspicious about drinking from it,” she said. Similarly, Nupur Verma, a student, said, "We can’t trust the claims that the water from the taps is clean”. (Representational image) New Delhi: In March this year, the Delhi government had inaugurated a pilot project of providing 24x7 quality drinking water supply in a locality in South Delhi, under which it had said that people could drink water directly from taps — just like in Western countries. The project was launched with a view that the 24x7 supply will improve water pressure and enable the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to bypass the overhead tanks and booster pumps.Residents claim water supplied not 100 per cent clean.. A government official said that for the project to be successful, it would need to spread more awareness and clear misconceptions among the people about the project. Four months after the pilot phase China transmission system bearings Manufacturers was launched in Navjeevan Vihar in Malviya Nagar, residents say they haven’t used tap water for drinking purposes even once and still rely on water filters. 

I first thought we should try drinking tap water but it didn’t appear to be very clean.Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, while talking about the project in February said, "In Europe and America, the government guarantees good quality water directly from taps. It was not 100 per cent clean,” said Ms Akash Katyal, a retired school principal and a resident of Navjeevan Vihar. It will also help it in saving water from overflowing as consumers will have the facility to use direct water supply from taps by closing the inlet of overhead tanks. Soon it will be done in other zones also.While many residents this newspaper spoke to say that it is out of habit that they use the filter or RO water, some also said that the water is not "that clean” as the government claims it to be.Residents said that even though there is a 24-hour supply, the pressure is not always good and they have not done away with their motors and booster pumps yet. "We can’t drink from the tap because we are not used to it

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