Mumbai Rains Today: Tree Falls On Motorist In Andheri, Subway Drowns In 15 Minutes

Last Updated:July 08, 2026, 10:00 IST

Mumbai Rains Update: Barely 15 minutes of rainfall was enough to submerge the Andheri Subway, forcing traffic police to suspend movement through the underpass entirely.

Visuals of a motorist crumpling as a tree crashed down on him in Andheri surfaced on Tuesday, as bystanders rushed to pull him free from beneath the fallen branches. The injured man was later moved to safety amid Mumbai’s relentless downpour, even as the western suburb grappled with a separate flooding crisis just kilometres away.

Barely 15 minutes of rainfall was enough to submerge the Andheri Subway, forcing traffic police to suspend movement through the underpass entirely. The rapid waterlogging has reignited criticism of BMC’s pre-monsoon desilting claims, with residents alleging nearly 70% of Mogra nullah cleanup remains unfinished and smaller drains left untouched.

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