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The heaviest downpour since 2005 inundated Mumbai, delaying trains and planes and spurring the city administration to
declare a holiday.
Flights to Mumbai were delayed, diverted or cancelled after a
Boeing Co 737 aircraft operated by SpiceJet Ltd overshot the runway amid heavy rains. Precipitation over the past 24 hours was the second-heaviest on record, said KS Hosalikar, deputy director general at the India Meteorological Department’s Mumbai centre.
“It is very unsafe to go out,†Mahesh Palawat, a vice president of meteorology and climate change at weather forecaster Skymet, said in a Twitter post. Disruptions due to rains, which also affected train services, are a regular occurrence in Mumbai, as authorities in the mega city of 18 million grapple with crumbling infrastructure.