Mumbai floods every year during monsoon, but this year has been different

This rainy season, areas that were not known to flood also got inundated. Activists and experts blame infrastructure projects.

Tanvi Deshpande

· Aug 17, 2020 · 09:30 pm

After the floods, the threat of leptospirosis and other infections looms large in this Mumbai slum

Water from neighbouring garbage dumping grounds accumulated in the streets of Govandi, exposing residents to all kinds of infection.

Priyanka Vora

· Sep 04, 2017 · 03:32 pm

Mumbai rains: Missing doctor’s body found in a drain near Worli seashore

A police officer said eyewitnesses saw Deepak Amarapurkar fell into a manhole while walking towards his home on Elphinstone Road.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 31, 2017 · 11:47 am

Wednesday woes: Many Mumbai working-class residents drain out their homes, salvage belongings

For people in some areas, Tuesday’s flood seemed worse than the disaster of 2005.

Aarefa Johari

· Aug 31, 2017 · 06:30 am

Remembering the day 10 years ago when Mumbai’s roads became a watery grave

The 2005 deluge caught most of the city unawares. Have we learnt any lessons yet?

Mustansir Dalvi

· Jul 26, 2015 · 03:00 pm