Mumbai Rains: A social media on Tuesday claimed BMC has ordered the closure of faculties and faculties in Mumbai for August 20 amid heavy rainfall within the metropolis. Nonetheless, BMC has clarified that it has not issued any such order.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC) on Tuesday evening refuted experiences that it has ordered the closure of all instructional establishments, together with colleges and faculties, in Mumbai for August 20 amid heavy rainfall within the metropolis.
Faux publish on closure of faculties, faculties
In a late-night publish on ‘X’ (previously often called Twitter), the BMC shared a screenshot of a publish which claimed it had ordered the closure of all authorities and personal colleges and faculties in Mumbai after the India Meteorological Division (IMD) issued a purple alert for the town, predicting extraordinarily heavy rainfall within the area on August 20.
Nonetheless, the BMC refuted the report, calling it ‘faux’. “This message is faux. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Company has not issued any such data via its official social media platforms,” the BMC posted on Tuesday evening.
Orange alert in Mumbai
In the meantime, the climate division has issued an orange alert for August 20 in Mumbai, predicting heavy rains within the metropolis. It, nonetheless, mentioned that the depth of the rainfall will seemingly cut back from Thursday.
In line with the IMD, Mumbai’s Vikhroli acquired 223.5 mm of rainfall from 8.30 am on August 19 to five.30 am on August 20. Santacruz acquired 206.6 mm of rainfall throughout the identical interval, adopted by Byculla 184.0 mm, Juhu 148.5 mm, Bandra 132.5 mm and Colaba 100.2 mm.
BMC pumps 1,645.155 crore litres of rainwater
In line with the BMC, it pumped out 1,645.155 crore litres of rainwater between August 16 and August 19 via six pumping stations throughout Mumbai. For all these 4 days, the six pumping stations have been operational for a complete of 761 hours and 38 minutes, it mentioned.
“For comparability, that is greater than double the storage capability of Tulsi Lake, which holds 804.6 Crore litres of water,” the BMC mentioned in an ‘X’ publish. “BMC has additionally deployed 540 dewatering pumps throughout varied low-lying areas in Mumbai, to empty amassed rainwater.”