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<ul><li>Landslide on the Western Express Highway between Kandivali and Malad, blocking south-bound road traffic.</li><li>The Western Express Highway (WEH) is a major north-south arterial road, stretching from Dahisar to suburban Bandra in <keyword id="6358070" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="mumbai">Mumbai</keyword>.</li><li>Mumbai’s civic authorities closed some portion of the road for clearing the debris.</li><li>No casualty was reported in the incident, a fire control room official told PTI. </li></ul>There was a huge landslide on a hillock with tonnes of debris falling on the Western Express Highway between Kandivali and Malad, blocking south-bound road traffic. No casualties were reported in the incident, a fire control room official told PTI. <div type="twitter" handle="lawrencebing" handlename="Lawrence Samuel Bing" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1277221428413128704/vw1nTm4A_normal.jpg" favoritecount="102" retweetcount="53" status="Western Express high way is closed towards mumbai ...landslide near Kandivali @MumbaiMirror https://t.co/m2LdHDUezH" createdat="1596515171000" id="1290504280567234562"></div> The Western Express Highway (WEH) is a major north-south arterial road, stretching from Dahisar to suburban Bandra in Mumbai. Mumbai’s civic authorities closed some portion of the road for clearing the debris. A car was stuck in the debris and was later removed. The south-bound traffic was diverted to another road. Incessant heavy rains are wreaking havoc in Mumbai with many areas being water logged. The India Meteorology Department (<keyword id="6366970" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="imd">IMD</keyword>) has issued a red alert for extremely heavy rainfall in Mumbai and its suburbs for August 4 and 5. <div type="twitter" handle="mybmc" handlename="माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1238492589264982022/Y-Ukk4Er_normal.jpg" favoritecount="64" retweetcount="15" status="The debris from the landslide at Malad, Western Express Highway has been cleared.Traffic from both sides is runni… https://t.co/jjISmArRMi" createdat="1596534275000" id="1290584409083539457"></div> Waterlogging was reported from the regular chronic spots of Sion, Kings Circle, Wadala, Dadar, Kurla, Mulund, Borivali, besides subways at Andheri, Kandivali and Dahisar. People have been advised to avoid venturing out till tomorrow, said private forecaster Skymet Weather, adding that the intensity will start decreasing from August 6. <div type="twitter" handle="TOIMumbai" handlename="TOI Mumbai" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1282401595/icon_512_normal.png" favoritecount="133" retweetcount="43" status="Watch: Landslide at #Kandivali Western Express Highway at Samta Nagar#MumbaiRains https://t.co/rGnLpkDi2D" createdat="1596515142000" id="1290504156831035393"></div> Mumbai’s civic body — Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) — has asked all offices and establishments to shut down except essentials. It has also requested people to not venture out unless “extremely necessary.” SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/tech-mahindra-wants-25-30-of-its-employees-working-from-home-permanently-by-june-2021/articleshow/77346959.cms">INTERVIEW: Tech Mahindra wants 25-30% of its employees working from home permanently by June 2021 — CFO explains how they got to that number</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/oil-giant-bp-swings-to-a-17-billion-loss-and-slashes-its-dividend-for-the-first-time-in-a-decade-as-coronavirus-turns-the-energy-sector-upside-down/articleshow/77347854.cms">Oil giant BP swings to a $17 billion loss and slashes its dividend for the first time in a decade as coronavirus turns the energy sector upside down</a>

Watch: A landslide at Mumbai’s Western Express highway due to heavy rainfall

Mumbai on red alert for 48 hours as heavy rains lash city — several areas waterlogged, local train services stall, offices shut

<ul><li>India’s financial capital has richest civic body in the country that is ridden with corruption and inefficiencies. </li><li>The budget for Mumbai’s municipal corporation has increased 5 times in the last 12 years. </li><li>Yet, the creaky infrastructure brings the mega city to a grinding halt every monsoon.</li></ul>The <keyword id="33109" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="Joker">Joker</keyword> was Gotham’s ‘agent of chaos’ and for Mumbai, it’s the civic body-- the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, which is responsible for its infrastructure. That includes roads, sewage, storm water drainage, bridges, water supply, licenses for commercial activity, schools and hospitals. “Oh, and you know the thing about chaos? It's fair!” the Joker said in 2009 blockbuster, The Dark Knight. In Mumbai, corruption and inefficiencies of the city’s civic body unleash misery and puts millions of lives at risk, at random. Watch: A Jaguar gets stranded in a Mumbai floods while a Mahindra Bolero wades through 
 
 
 
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 Just like the hopeless people of Gotham, every monsoon, Mumbaikars prepare for the eventuality that they may not return home as they leave for work. On Wednesday (September 5), the civic body magnanimously advised schools to stay shut due to incessant rains-- at 10 am. Watch: Stranded students being rescued by civilians 
	
	
	<div type="twitter" handle="mybmc" handlename="माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/3281764595/0a984bb8488fcd5307a6ccfe5f918287_normal.jpeg" favoritecount="1527" retweetcount="438" status="In wake of IMD’s warning of heavy rainfall for the rest of the day too, the schools shall remain closed today. The… https://t.co/sd7U5QQOhl" createdat="1567570920000" id="1169103292632186881"></div>







 By then children had already left for school and, unsurprisingly, found themselves stranded. In some cases, they were able to get back home as late as 7 pm. 
	
	
	<div type="twitter" handle="TamannaInamdar" handlename="Tamanna Inamdar" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1140458161800806400/jHsXf1eW_normal.jpg" favoritecount="38" retweetcount="6" status="Finally got her home at 7 pm. Nearly six hours after my child boarded her school bus and after a harrowing 'rescue'… https://t.co/K4Zea2fewx" createdat="1567605078000" id="1169246560745484288"></div>







 Money that would put a smile on any face The mega city’s generous 24 million population has accepted the civic body’s indifference as its fate. This, even after contributing ₹30,000 crore ($4.2 billion) this year to the municipal budget. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s budget has swelled nearly five times in the last 12 years but the plight of its people has only gotten worse. Even by the standards of commercial capitals in developing countries, Mumbai is a mess. Behind the veneer of its entrepreneurial spirit and a professional workforce, lies a city that has been plundered by the ruling elite at an unprecedented scale. Mumbai’s civic body is flushing billions down the drain Meanwhile, the cats at the BMC (which has 1.2 lakh personnel) are getting fatter every year. For instance, documents show that its Chief Engineer AS Yamgar of the Sewerage Operation Department made a monthly salary of ₹1,24,725 as of June 2018. This is nearly as much as <a href="https://www.news18.com/news/business/budget-2018-increases-salary-of-president-by-200-to-rs-5-lakh-per-month-1647855.html">the salary of the President of India before the hike last year</a>, or that of a mid-level corporate employee. However, for the BMC leadership and staff, the money seems to come without accountability. 
	
	
	<div type="twitter" handle="surajojhaa" handlename="Suraj Ojha" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1164059122280456192/Jwi4E8aL_normal.jpg" favoritecount="31" retweetcount="26" status="#MumbaiRainsLive Mithi river over flowing @mid_day @RidlrMUM @patel_bhupen #RainyDay #SafetyFirst #MumbaiTraffic https://t.co/670zkW9Zi1" createdat="1567581422000" id="1169147340135026688"></div>







 And the rot runs deep. <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mumbai-bmc-driver-makes-more-money-than-commissioner-216408-2013-11-04">An India Today story in 2013</a> exposed how a driver earns more than the municipal Commissioner he serves. He simply slept in the vehicle after being relieved of his duties and got paid for working overtime. Shiv Sena, the party ruled by the Thackeray family, controlled the corporation for most part of the last three decades. Therefore, the blame for the shortcomings of the civic body squarely falls on them. The poor quality of the pothole-ridden roads of Mumbai reveal the enormity of misused funds. People tend to believe without question when it is informally said that less than 20% of the money is actually used in the infrastructure projects, and the rest is siphoned off. The passivity of the voters can be disheartening. Almost 81% of the total of 1,491 kilometres of roads in the city are managed by the BMC. But, the four best-managed roads in the city – Bandra Worli SeaLink, New Airport Road, Eastern Freeway and Bandra Kurla Complex-- are under the supervision of Mumbai Metropolitan Road Development Authority (MMRDA), which is also in charge of the metro rail construction that is currently underway. The MMRDA is not without flaws as exposed by <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/mumbai-monorail-a-trip-to-nowhere/article29273282.ece">the colossal failure of the recent monorail project</a>. Yet, it has been slightly more efficient than the BMC in some cases. The devastating floods of 2005 that killed over a 1,000 people should have been a wake up call. At that stage, an honest leadership would have been embarrassed enough to pull themselves into action and resurrect the city to avoid a similar carnage in the future. Since then, there have been five Chief Ministers -- Vilasrao Deshmukh, Ashok Chavan, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Prithviraj Chavan, and now, Devendra Fadnavis-- but the people’s plight has got worse with every passing monsoon. One may expect the authorities to prepare and respond better given that an election is scheduled this year. However, the choice for the voters is between the devil and the deep sea as both Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) outfits have failed the people of the city over the years. In Mumbai, “<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/393220611192996582/?nic=1">there are no heroes here, only survivors.</a>” 
	
	
	<div type="twitter" handle="Ketul1Indian" handlename="ketulkumar" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/864159255225610240/_A7uwK2n_normal.jpg" favoritecount="6" retweetcount="2" status="👏👏🙏🙏 to all the good Samaritans who helped these kids yesterday. #MumbaiRains https://t.co/SjyFS8ugQK" createdat="1567658862000" id="1169472148504596480"></div>







 Disclaimer: Vishal Bhargava is a contributor to Business Insider. He has donned several hats in India's financial sector-- from investment banking to financial research to business development-- before becoming an entrepreneur. The opinions are solely reflect the views of the author and not of the publication.

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