A heavy rainfall warning has been issued in the Palghar district near Mumbai.
According to IMD's Mumbai-based Regional Meteorological Centre, on June 3 and 4 "extremely heavy rainfall is expected in isolated places" in the Palghar district.
A largely tribal district, Palghar comprises of the Vasai-Virar township, located 70 to 80 km off downtown Mumbai.
The Palghar district administration and the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation are already facing problems because of COVID-19.
The Vasai Road station on the Western Railway is also a major junction from where Shramik Special trains are originating.
Meanwhile, the Palghar district-VVCMC administration is covering part of the SunCity mudflats where migrants are screened and then taken to the station.
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