It has been raining heavily the entire week and Mumbaikars faced a number of issues as the city came to a standstill particularly on Wednesday, September 5. Over 1.7 lakh consumers were left with power cuts across the city and people living in areas like Nalasopara, Vasai and Virar faced a lot of trouble.
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BEST officials claimed that power cuts were undertaken as a preventive measure.
In September, Mumbai usually receives 327.1 mm of rainfall but within the four days of September this year, the Santacruz observatory recorded a whopping 488.7 mm of rainfall.