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After 27 Hrs of rain

Updated on: 15 July,2009 12:22 PM IST  | 
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... Mumbai, not surprisingly, ducked for cover as the suburbs (300 mm) and the city (163 mm) struggled to stay afloat again

After 27 Hrs of rain

...u00a0Mumbai, not surprisingly, ducked for cover as the suburbs (300 mm) and the city (163 mm) struggled to stay afloat again




No Azadi: The green expanse of Azad Maidan goes under in a swathe of muddy flood water as this footballer waits it out.


Childs' play: Never mind the dirty, stinky water, a flooded ground with rain beating down your back, is what childhood heaven is made of. This picture was taken at 2 pm at the YMCA grounds near Mumbai Central


Disrupted Train services for over four hours.


Track Record: Every day 35 lakh Mumbaikars use the extensive Central Railway network to get to work, the heaviest in Asia. Yesterday, at approximately 3 pm, water logging at Wadala and Kurla


The Other one near Kurla station yesterday


Same Shame: The picture on the left was taken on July 26, 2005


And as trains ground to a halt, stalls on railway overbridges, like this one at Sion selling raincoats, saw zero business.


All in a Day's Work: Without trains, office goers hopped on to this trailer for a ride home, their spirit (that dirty word again) obvious from their grins.


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