MUMBAI: Mumbai's civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, is pulling out all the stops to brace for the arrival of monsoon over the city as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted heavy rain on 3-4 June. “We are watching the situation and expecting very heavy rainfall of over 12 cm on 3-4 June in Mumbai," KS Hosalikar, deputy director general at IMD Mumbai, told Mint over a phone call. “Mumbai received its first rain in the form of light showers on Sunday night in some pockets including Dadar, Wadala, Sion and Chembur areas.
All the coastal districts of Maharashtra, from Sindhudurg to Palghar have been alerted about the cyclonic storm-like system developing on the Arabian Sea," he added.