Heavy showers in Mumbai fail to dampen city's Twitter spirit

Incessant rainfall caused water-logging in many areas, including railways tracks, paralysing the entire city

Heavy showers hit Mumbai right through Thursday night, causing the city to come to a standstill all Friday morning. 

Incessant rainfall caused water-logging in many areas, including railway tracks, paralysing the entire city. The suburban railway network - which moves more than 7 million people every day -- screeched to a halt, preventing commuters from getting to work, or for that matter, anywhere else.  

Menawhile, heavy water-logging and flooding has been reported at various locations around the city including Dadar, Parel, Byculla, Mazagaon, Mahitmam, Santacruz, Juhu, Vile Parle, Worli, Sion, Chunabhatti, Andheri, Kurla, Borivali, Dahisar, Jogeshwari and other areas preventing movement of road traffic. 

 

However, the rain, while it may have drenched people outdoors, failed to dampen the spirit of the city. Who can, when Twitter is at hand? And so it is that puttnig their anger and concern over this annual inundation aside, Mumbaikars found humour in cyberspace.

Here are a series of tweets that summarise what these rains mean to Mumbaikars:

This is what Mumbai needs ! and in thousands ! #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/JYjYuyWPO5

— The-Lying-Lama (@KyaUkhaadLega) June 19, 2015

People during #MumbaiRains be like! pic.twitter.com/mGLsSZ4sHO

— Rahul Nanda (@rahulnanda86) June 19, 2015

#BMC commissioner takes stock of situation at flooded Hindmata,#Dadar @IndianExpress @smart_mumbaikar #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/9JXxYWeVZj

— Anjali Lukose (@anjali_lukose) June 19, 2015

Man, China builds whole new islands in 6 months. We can't build decent drainage systems for our roads over years and years. #MumbaiRains

— Kabir Taneja (@KabirTaneja) June 19, 2015

Familiar images of flooding from Mumbai, home to nation's richest civic body BMC, budget of which is double that of some states #MumbaiRains

— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) June 19, 2015

#MumbaiRains Not Venice but Chunabhatti Railway Station "allegedly". pic.twitter.com/zMrxlk5OX9

— Anirban Roy (@AnirbanFromRLF) June 19, 2015

#MumbaiRains water entered in houses in low line areas due to heavy rain. A Parel family struggling water logging. pic.twitter.com/wtzk5OL2Bb

— Vijay Kumar Yadav (@vijaykumar1927) June 19, 2015

Only way Mumbai can be helped now is Arnab using all his outrage power to vaporize the water. #MumbaiRains

— Rahul Roushan (@rahulroushan) June 19, 2015

Even Rain Gods are weeping for Jon Snow. #GOT #MumbaiRains

— Suyash! (@SuyashBirje) June 19, 2015

The kind of day in Mumbai when you just want to lie in bed in your quilt, open Tinder and just swipe right whole day long #MumbaiRains

— Atul Khatri (@one_by_two) June 19, 2015

Take some of the famed spirit of Mumbai. Add some rain water. Have a nice drink. #MumbaiRains

— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) June 19, 2015

Sigh. So much rain in Mumbai, India will have to endure a day of relentless journalists wading the waters in their pants with a microphone.

— $ir $ri $ri Magal (@jhunjhunwala) June 19, 2015

Request for #OlaBoat pouring in. But on a serious note, don't let the #MumbaiRains wash away your spirit.

— Ola (@Olacabs) June 19, 2015

What Mumbai needs today is a romantic CM who will get up early, look out of the window & declare a holiday ! @Dev_Fadnavis just do it !!

— Atul Khatri (@one_by_two) June 19, 2015