Varsha Gaikwad slams BMC over Andheri subway flooding after pre-monsoon showers

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Varsha Gaikwad astatine  her bureau   successful  Dharavi. File

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Mumbai Congress President Varsha Gaikwad connected Wednesday (June 3, 2026) criticised the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) aft the Andheri subway was flooded pursuing airy rainfall, alleging that it belied the corporation's claims astir monsoon preparedness.

“Monsoon has not yet acceptable successful but the subway successful the occidental suburbs already went underwater aft a fewer spells of rain,” she said.

The Andheri subway is 1 of the perennial flooding-prone spots successful the megapolis. The civic body's claims of spending crores of rupees connected desilting of nullahs and drainage attraction were exposed by the season's archetypal showers, said Ms. Gaikwad.

"If this is the concern aft a airy rainfall, what volition Mumbai's residents look during dense monsoon downpours?" she asked.

Published - June 03, 2026 03:41 p.m. IST

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