Mumbai schools shut as orange alert issued for heavy monsoon rains

Heavy rains caused waterlogging and transport disruptions affecting residents; a landslide near Tunnel 2 on Mumbai-Pune Expressway forced closure and safety inspections.

Each monsoon season, Mumbai is reminded that the rhythms of a city of millions must sometimes yield to the older rhythms of sky and water. On Tuesday, following an orange alert from the India Meteorological Department, schools and colleges across Mumbai closed their doors, private firms were urged to shelter their workers at home, and a landslide on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway held two great cities at arm's length for eighteen hours. The administration's response was not panic but a practiced reckoning — the knowledge that in a place where so many lives intersect, caution extended to the many i

Mumbai schools shut as orange alert issued for heavy monsoon rains

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