Maharashtra
Mumbai Weather Update: IMD Issues Orange Alert; City To Experience Heavy Rain For Next 24 Hours
Mumbai: A potent monsoon warning has been sounded for Mumbai and eight other districts in Maharashtra, as the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an Orange alert for the region. The warning comes as heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected to batter the area over the next 24 hours, with isolated areas likely to experience extremely heavy downpours.
The nine districts under Orange alert are Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Palghar, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Pune, Kolhapur, and Satara. For the next 24 hours, residents can expect moderate to heavy rainfall in the city and suburbs, with a possibility of very heavy rainfall at isolated locations. Maximum temperatures are expected to hover around 29°C, while minimum temperatures will remain relatively cool at around 24°C.
For the next 48 hours, the IMD predicts heavy rainfall in the city and suburbs, with a high probability of very heavy rainfall at isolated places. Temperatures will remain steady at around 29°C during the day and 24°C at night.
Mumbai experienced heavy rains on Friday morning, leading to waterlogging in several areas including APMC Market, Turbhe Mafco, Navi Mumbai, and King’s Circle, Sion. Residents are advised to prepare for a prolonged wet spell over the next few days, as a yellow alert has been issued from July 13 to July 15.
Rainfall data collected over Maharashtra from 08:30 IST to 17:30 IST today reveals substantial precipitation across various districts. Ratnagiri district emerged as the top performer, with Ratnagiri station recording an impressive 113.2 mm of rainfall and Harnai station receiving 36.8 mm. Raigad also saw significant rainfall, with Alibag clocking 22.8 mm and Matheran receiving 67 mm.
Mumbai’s Santacruz and Colaba stations recorded respective rainfall amounts of 7.7 mm and 9.6 mm, while Vikhroli in the Mumbai suburbs registered 16.5 mm and Bandra received 15 mm. Thane’s TBIA observed 13.2 mm of rainfall. Other notable mentions include Mahabaleshwar in Satara with 94.8 mm, Dahanu in Palghar with 17.7 mm, and Poladpur in Raigad with 84 mm. Several stations in Sindhudurg also reported significant rainfall, including Awalegaon with 93 mm and Vaibhavwadi with 66 mm.
Maharashtra
Azmi’s unique protest… Wearing a mask, he reached Nagpur Assembly with a banner demanding effective action to end toxic air pollution in Mumbai, SMS company

Mumbai: Air pollution and toxic atmosphere are common in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar. The people of Shivaji Nagar and Govindi are facing toxic fumes every day. Successive governments have neglected this area because it is a poor neighbourhood.
On the second day of the winter session of the Assembly today, the Samajwadi Party (SP) made a clear demand.
It has demanded the immediate closure of the SMS company, RMC plant, and dumping ground and made it clear to the government that it should stop playing with the lives of the common man.
The government should take effective steps to eliminate this toxic air pollution. Abu Asim Azmi said that due to the SMS company in Govandi, the average age of people has increased to 39 years and diseases are spreading due to burning waste and chemical materials in it, so it should be banned immediately. He further said that clean sanitation and other facilities should be available in Govandi and such a factory should be closed so that the people can live a healthy life. Abu Asim Azmi protested against the toxic air outside the Nagpur Assembly in a very unique way by holding a banner and wearing a mask.
Maharashtra
Increase in crime incidents in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, demand for action against drug dealers and drug users, Abu Asim demands in Nagpur Assembly

Mumbai: Due to the increase in crime incidents in Mumbai’s Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, the law and order situation is dire. Due to the shortage of police manpower, it is difficult to control crimes. Three murders have been committed here in three months. The increasing incidents of crime. Maharashtra Samajwadi Party leader and MLA Abu Asim Azmi, while addressing the Nagpur winter session, expressed concern and said that he demanded an increase in the police manpower and the establishment of a new police station in Shivaji Nagar so that criminal elements can be curbed. Along with this, he has also demanded action against drug and drug addicts here. Abu Asim Azmi told the House on a notice seeking attention that there has been an increase in murders, attempted murders and robberies last month. A 24-year-old coconut vendor was murdered over a money transaction. The second murder was committed due to personal enmity and the third murder was committed due to drug dealing. The police are investigating this case in connection with drugs. Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar is a poor area. The law and order situation here is bad due to drug addicts and drug dealers. The population here has also increased immensely. Whenever a road expansion or other project is started somewhere, people are rehabilitated here. That is why there is a shortage of police here. Even after setting up a bat post, there is no police in it because there is a shortage of police manpower. In such a situation, Azmi has demanded that police be deployed here.
Maharashtra
Mumbai: Hajra, wife of builder Riaz in Kurla, accused of illegal abortion, Kherwadi police registers case against mother

Mumbai: An incident has come to light in Mumbai in which a case has been registered against a mother for illegally aborting a pregnancy. Kherwadi police have registered a case of abortion against the second wife of Kurla builder Riaz Shah. On December 7, Riaz Shah’s son filed a complaint in which it was stated that Hajra Shah had miscarried a 24-month-old child. The abortion was done using contraception in 2024 and on the complaint of this illegal act, the police have registered a case against Hajra and her brother Ashfaq under sections 88, 91, 238 of the BNS. This is the first case of its kind in which a case has been registered against the mother for wasting contraception. In 2024, when Riaz Shah asked his wife where the child was, she said that she had miscarried and that she had done the autopsy of the newborn in the Kurla Sunni graveyard and her brothers Ashfaq and Imran Lado knew about this. When Riaz checked in the graveyard, no record of the newborn was found, after which the police registered a case of misleading and aborting the child. Junaid Riaz Shah has filed a complaint against Liya. The police are investigating the matter further.
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