Traffic alert issued

Excerpts from Rediff:

[Police Commissioner] Roy said some areas in Central Mumbai -- King's Circle, Parel TT and Dadar -- and the eastern suburbs of Sion, Kurla and Chembur were waterlogged...

...On the western suburbs, people have been asked not to use the Milan and Khar subways. The arterial SV Road from Bandra and Andheri is also waterlogged, but it has reopened to traffic...

...Most of the long distance trains from Mumbai have been cancelled for the day. Suburban trains of the Western Railway were running 15-20 minutes late. The Central Railway authorities have advised people not to venture out.

Though the Mumbai airport has opened, the Union civil aviation ministry has said that most roads leading to the airport are waterlogged....

The Meteorological Department has predicted more rains for the next 48 hours.