MUMBAI: The US consulate has issued an advisory for its citizens living in the wake of flooded streets due to the monsoon hits in the financial capital. It warns them of open manholes and non-existent sidewalks.
"You should follow common sense precautions, avoiding low-lying areas that appear to be flooded," says the warden advisory by the American Citizens Service Unit put up on the Consulate General of United States website of India.
The south-west monsoons lashed the metropolis on June 7 inundating parts of the city over the weekend and resulting in the loss of five lives. "To ease flooding in Mumbai, Bombay Municipal Corporation workers will open manhole covers on roads, and there will be no warning-markers placed around these open holes.
In reduced visibility conditions, you could drive into one of these open manholes," it states. "You should also pay attention when walking, since sidewalks are non-existent in some areas or used for other purposes in most parts of the city.
It's possible that you could inadvertently step into an open manhole," the advisory states, adding that all the city's drains empty in the Arabian Sea. It also lists 13 "dangerous days" of rains.
However, the city's civic commissioner who has faced a lot of flak for the municipal body's monsoon "preparedness" said the advisory did not indicate that they had failed in handling the rains.
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