2019’s first Mumbai monsoon rains

At last, some respite. Last night. Torrential rains that sucked out the heat from the burning streets. Lightning and thunder like I’d never seen or heard before.

The rain is no dampener

Continuous rains have lashed the city since the early hours of today. Lokhandwala Circle hasn’t got flooded since it was relaid a couple of years ago, but today was different.

The road became a river, washing away whatever could not resist the force of the swiftly moving water.

Trailing nature in the monsoon

The Bombay Natural History Society’s (BNHS) Conservation Education Centre (CEC) is an unexpectedly large patch of greenery right inside a busy metropolis like Mumbai. Located next to the Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Film City in Goregaon East, the centre conducts various “edutainment” programmes for all age groups, on a regular basis and on request.

The monsoon has arrived!

When roads become rivers and cars become boats, you know the monsoon has arrived in Mumbai!