Heavy rains continued to hit Mumbai and its adjacent areas on Tuesday, causing flooding in several places, including railway tracks, as well as rapidly rising water levels some rivers. Maharashtra Prime Minister Eknath Shinde ordered government officials to give top priority to preventing the loss of life in rain-related accidents and appealed to citizens living in dangerous buildings to partner with civic officials.

The state has seen heavy rains since Monday that slowed the movement of trains and vehicles on the highways due to stagnant water in several places.

Here are the top 10 points relating to the rain situation in Mumbai and its adjacent areas:

1.      The CM reviewed today's rainy situation during a visit to the disaster control room of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and said more than 3,500 people have been relocated to safer locations from vulnerable and flood-prone locations across the state. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been deployed where needed and more personnel will be dispatched if needed, he said.

2.      Shinde spoke to collectors in Raigad, Ratnagiri and some other districts for which the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued "red" and "orange" alarms predicting very heavy to extremely heavy rain.

3.      Shinde asked Mumbai City Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal to send a district official to oversee, arrange additional state and BEST (civic) transport buses to carry stranded passengers and provide them with tea and refreshments.

4.      Powai Lake in Mumbai started overflowing amid heavy rain, a civic official said, adding that the lake has a storage capacity of 545 million liters and started overflowing at 6.15pm.

5.      The Kundalika River in Raigad District crossed the danger sign, according to an official statement, and the water level of the Amba, Savitri, Patalganga, Ulhas and Gadhi rivers was close to the danger sign.

6.      Normal life was negatively impacted in the metropolis and no immediate respite was in sight as the IMD predicts moderate to heavy rainfall in Mumbai and its suburbs over the next 24 hours. IMD has issued an "orange alert" for the southern region of Konkan and Goa and a "yellow alert" for northern Konkan, north-central and south-central regions of Maharashtra and Marathwada.

7.      The BMC said southern Mumbai received an average rainfall of 95.81mm in the 24 hours ending at 8am, while the eastern and western suburbs recorded 115.09mm and 116.73mm of rainfall respectively in the same period. Between 8:00 and 11:30, the island city (south of Mumbai) received an average rainfall of 41mm, while the eastern and western suburbs received rainfall of 85mm and 55mm, respectively.

8.      Stones fell from a mound in Thane and a house collapsed in nearby Palghar after heavy rain, authorities said. However, there have been no reports of casualties in the twin incidents so far, they said.

9.      Four underground arteries in north-western Mumbai had to be closed to traffic. These subways, namely Golibar, Milan, Andheri and Malad, connect the eastern and western sections of the north-western suburbs, which are otherwise divided by the tracks of the West Railway.

10.   Traffic police personnel were deployed to various locations to avoid traffic congestion due to heavy rains. Citizens also complained of waterlogging in Gandhi market and Kurla and Dharavi areas, creating problems for motorists and pedestrians.