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26TH JULY 2005, MUMBAI,(MH)

On this date clouds burst on MUMBAI. Mumbai came to an abrupt halt on 26th July, as unprecedented heavy rains stopped rail and bus traffic, silenced mobiles and land lines and tripped po er lines. All areas in Mumbai badly affected by the floodin!.

BLACK TUESDAY

WHY?
"he floods ere caused by the ei!hth heaviest ever recorded 2#$hour rainfall fi!ure of %## mm &'(.2 inches) "he draina!e system is clo!!ed at several places. Uncontrolled, unplanned development of buildin!s hich are affectin! d flo of ater overflo in! Man!rove ecosystems hich e*ist alon! the +iver

"he ecosystems servin! as a buffer bet een land and sea are replaced ith construction.
,*cessive use of plastic, d plastic hich as thro n in river as affectin! the flo of ater stuc. the ater flo . "he rain ater caused the se a!e system to overflo -all ater lines ere contaminate.

EFFECT :
"ransport stats /$ 02 local trains dama!ed , '(,111 auto ric.sha s spoilt , #,111 ta*is , %11 B,2" buses dama!ed , 31,111 truc.s and tempos !rounded. Over (11 fli!hts ere cancelled or delayed

Traffic = Humans + Vehicles

 "housands of schoolchildren could not reach home for up to 34 hours "housands of or.ers stuc. in their offices and or. places "housands of animal carcasses floated in the flood aters, raisin! concerns about the possibility of disease. +eports in the media arned of the threat of aterborne diseases, and hospitals and health centers !eared up to distribute free medicines to chec. any outbrea..

 66 people died of fever suspected to be leptospirosis. (#% people ere admitted ith such fever, ith #3 cases 5unstable5 and in an advanced sta!e of the disease. floods caused a stoppa!e of entire commercial, tradin!, and industrial activity for days. 6reliminary indications indicate that the floods caused a direct loss of about +s. #01 crores.

BUT NEXT TIME

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