Mumbai Police sends out SMS: Please do not Travel

Due to heavy rains, water logging likely. Please do not travel unless essential—Mumbai Police. That's the message many Mumbaikars got on their cellphones and through other media on Sunday morning, as the city endured heavy showers again, four days after a record-breaking deluge. This time though, the government seemed better prepared even as the state-wide toll topped 890, reports
Express India.

"The police sent text messages to subscribers of several mobile networks requesting them to stay indoors. Police Commissioner A N Roy came on television to convey the same message. And additional traffic policemen were despatched to divert traffic from waterlogged areas like Dadar, Matunga, King's Circle and Andheri".

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Picture from the BBC.

emily | 9:49 AM | SMS used by the Police |
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