on Tuesday left five people dead and at least a dozen residents missing, but Shiv Sena has praised the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for not letting the situation “go out of hand”.

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Maharashtra

8:30 am and 5:30 pm on Tuesday , Santacruz received 298 mm of rainfall, Colaba around 15 mm of rainfall and Thane around 70 mm of rainfall. Central Railway, Western Railway, Harbour line, TransHarbour and Metro services were suspended during the day and resumed only partially late at night. , Santacruz received 298 mm of rainfall, Colaba around 15 mm of rainfall and Thane around 70 mm of rainfall. Central Railway, Western Railway, Harbour line, TransHarbour and Metro services were suspended during the day and resumed only partially late at night.



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Taxis and autorickshaws barely took to the roads as even radio taxis remained unavailable. BEST buses were the only public transport that could ferry those who were stranded on the streets. Taxis and autorickshaws barely took to the roads as even radio taxis remained unavailable. BEST buses were the only public transport that could ferry those who were stranded on the streets.

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Tuesday and Wednesday .

Not really a surprise, since Shiv Sena is the ruling party in theIn an editorial in party mouthpiece, the Shiv Sena wrote in Marathi, “"The BMC's preparedness to tackle the natural calamity ensured that the situation did not go out of hand. The civic body should be complimented for this. Even after heavy rains, no big untoward incident has taken place.""Mumbai andhave always received the blessings of Ganpati. We believe that God will ease this trouble as well," the Uddhav Thackeray-led party said.BetweenAirport services were shut for two hours and several flights were cancelled or rescheduled.Multiple NDRF teams and Indian Navy teams were on standby and Chief Ministerdeclared a holiday on bothDespite all this, Shiv Sena refused to take any blame for its lack of preparedness.

on Monday said the rainfall was more than their expectations. The sun was not visible throughout the day and the high tide added to the city's woes. Yet, Mumbai's spirit won over the natural calamity," it said.

"Even the IMD-- With inputs from PTI