Train services between Nashik and Mumbai continue to be affected

NASHIK: Train services between Nashik and Mumbai continued to be affected at the Nashik Road Railway Station due to the heavy rains in Mumbai.Senior officers of the Nashik Road Railway Station said that although the Mumbai-bound Panchavati Express and Rajya Rani Express departed at their scheduled time on Wednesday morning, long journey trains arriving from the Mumbai side were running late.The Mumbai-Dhule Express has been cancelled. The Amravati-Mumbai Express which was halted at Nashik Road Railway Station on Tuesday will depart at its scheduled time from Nashik Road for Amravati. Many trains are running late. Nearly 140 trains pass through Nashik Road Railway Station in both the directions. Officials of the commercial department of the Nashik Road Railway Station are attending to the queries of the rail passengers at the railway station.

Road traffic between Nashik and Mumbai has also been affected. MSRTC officials said many buses from the Mumbai side reaching Nashik have been cancelled.Meanwhile, loose boulders in the Kasara Ghat section fell on the Mumbai-Nashik lane of the Mumbai Agra Highway early Wednesday. The highway police said that the movement of traffic was less due to the rains. They have kept one lane of the road open for traffic. If the rain continues, the entire road will be closed for traffic, and the traffic from the Mumbai side will be diverted to the adjacent Nashik-Mumbai lane.

After almost three weeks, rains revived in Nashik district from Tuesday night. Nashik city received 44 mm of rainfall in the last 12 hours up to 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The water level of the Godavari River increased up to the knee of the Dutondya Maruti idol, which is the yardstick to measure the flood level of the river. The discharge from Gangapur Dam started on Wednesday morning at 2,657 cusecs. The discharge below the Ahilyabai Holkar Bridge near the Ramkund in Godavari was at 3,590 cusecs on Wednesday morning.

The rains also led to water-logging at various places across Nashik city, causing inconvenience to motorists.