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In Pics: These Parts of Mumbai Get Badly Flooded Every Single Year

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change?

Published: 05 Jul 2019, 9:18 PM IST

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Every year, rains come pouring in and disrupt the lives of Mumbaikars, in a way that is not easy to deal with. Heavy traffic jams, crowded trains and already-terrible infrastructure are worsened. Certain areas in particular are always waterlogged, with not much change seen over the years.

Here are images of these areas over the last few years that show the manner in which Mumbai is affected by rain, with no attempt to actually improve the situation being made.

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1. Hindmata, Parel

2018

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — Mumbaikars stuck at the saucer-shaped Hindmata junction.

2016

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — Hindmata Junction, Parel.

2016

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — Life is disrupted in Mumbai by the rains.

2015

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — People trying to find their way through the waterlogged area.

2. Chembur

2019

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — Tilak Nagar in Chembur in 2019.

2018

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — Postal colony in Chembur flooded.

2015

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — A woman stuck in the waterlogged street.

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3. Mankhurd

2019

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — Water-logging at Mankhurd before entering the Eastern freeway in 2019.

2018

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — Flooded tracks at Mankhurd station.

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4. Dahisar

2019

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — Flooding underneath a bridge in Dahisar.

2018

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — The area near the Mithi river is said to be the most affected in Dahisar.

2016

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — People struggling on the streets.

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5. Milan Subway

2019

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — A woman being pulled out of a flooded Milan subway in Andheri.

2017

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — Milan subway is a massively flood prone area.

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6. Malad

2018

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — A bus submerged in a subway in Malad.

2017

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — Malad West is also one of the low-lying areas affected in Mumbai.

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7. Kurla Station

2018

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — Kids struggling with the water-logging in Kurla.

2017

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — Kurla is one of the worst hit areas in Mumbai.

2014

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — People wading through the water.

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8. King’s Circle/ Matunga

2019

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — Kids playing in the massively waterlogged area of King’s Circle.

2019

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — King’s circle is also a bottleneck for traffic.

2015

Rains don’t spare Mumbai, ever... but what do you call it when the same thing happens over and over with no change? — A waterlogged road in the low-lying area of Matunga.

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