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The incident was reported when the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation bus was going from Tuljapur in course of Barshi.
Solapur (Maharashtra) :
Amid heavy rains in Maharashtra, a authorities bus was seen submerged beneath a railway bridge in Solapur. However, locals and the operation crew reached the spot and 27 passengers had been rescued. A severe accident was averted by the speedy movement of the police and fireplace brigade as properly.
The incident was reported when the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation bus was going from Tuljapur in course of Barshi.
Passengers had been anxious for a while as a result of the bus unexpectedly began to get flooded and later submerged. However, police and fireplace division of Barshi metropolis reached the spot shortly and rescued all 27 passengers safely.
The development comes as Mumbai recorded a median rainfall of 106 mm in 24 hours, civic officers said.
According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Nariman Point recorded the perfect rainfall at 252 mm between 10 pm on May 25 and 11 am on May 26, adopted by the BMC headquarters (216 mm) and Colaba pumping station (207 mm).
In 24 hours ending at 8 am on Tuesday, the island metropolis recorded a median of 106 mm rainfall, whereas the western suburbs acquired 72 mm and {the japanese} suburbs 63 mm, the BMC said.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast usually cloudy skies with common to heavy rainfall for the city and suburbs over the next 24 hours.
Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds are anticipated at isolated areas, it was acknowledged.
The IMD had on Monday declared the onset of the southwest monsoon over Mumbai ahead of its regular arrival date in June, as torrential downpours drenched most parts of the island metropolis throughout the first half of the day.
The heavy downpour had disrupted life in parts of the city, considerably in south Mumbai.
Waterlogging and power present disruption because of tree or division fall incidents led to the suspension of suburban observe corporations.
The newly inaugurated Acharya Atre Chowk metro station at Worli Naka was shut after rainwater entered the premises, prompting the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation to halt operations there.
Several low-lying areas in south Mumbai that had seldom witnessed flooding had been inundated, along with the upscale localities like Peddar Road and Nepean Sea Road.
