Rain woes continue in northern, western India

new delhi — Many rivers in Uttar Pradesh are in spate following heavy rains in the past 48-hours. Rivers Ghaghra and Saryu are flowing much above normal level while Rapti has breached the dangermark severing connectivity in parts of Gonda district, an official said on Wednesday.

And a day after rains that paralysed life in Mumbai , heavy rains hit Punjab, disrupting daily life with long power outages.

In Amritsar, stagnant water at several areas of the city triggered jams on roads.

While the rain in Mumbai triggered partial collapse of a bridge in suburban Andheri, another railway overbridge developed visible cracks at downtown Grant Road on Wednesday. The bridge on Grant Road station of Western Railway (WR) has developed cracks and as a precaution, traffic has been diverted to Nana Chowk towards Kennedy Bridge, Mumbai Traffic Police announced.

The huge and long cracks on the upper surface which were noticed around dawn today, locals said.

Meanwhile, normal suburban train services were resumed on WR on Wednesday after the debris of the collapsed portion of Gokhale Bridge was cleared and damaged rail equipment repaired.

However, the bridge will remain closed for a few days for people and traffic to carry out repairs, an official said. —

PTI Workers carry out repair work of a foot overbridge that collapsed on the railway tracks on Tuesday at the Andheri station following heavy rains in Mumbai, on Wednesday. Right, a rickshaw puller ferries his passengers through a water-logged street after...

PTI A woman walks along the crack that developed over the bridge at the Grant Road station in Mumbai on Wednesday. —