26/7 Black Tuesday For Mumbaikars...

Hi friends..

Everyone is aware of 26/7,the day when there was highest rainfall in Mumbai in the last 15-20years.I am going to share with you, my experience on that day.

I was in my college doing pracs on my pc in my lab.At about 12.30pm,it started raining.I was not aware of this rain since i was in my lab.When i left my lab, i saw that it was raining heavily.For some time, i enjoyed the rain,since the atmosphere was so catchy and romantic.I and my freinds were standing at the corridor.The floor was full of water since we were on 4th floor and it was open on 2 sides.
My professors were also standing there,looking at the atmosphere and thinking that when the rain will stop!!
Soon after soe time,situation became tense.It started raining more heavily..so we decided to leave the college campus..

It was abt 2.00pm when we came down,all the students were sitting in the quad(Place where students can enjoy bunking lects.)Some were enjoying the atmosphere,some were in tension.When we reached the main gate,the water level was upto the knees.And guess wat?it was mud water!!! we passed through it and started walking towards Andheri station.we were 13 friends in all.Again,we enjoyed,made fun all the way.But as we reached station,the situation became more tensed.Now,the water level was upto the stomach.Anyhow,we passed through it and reached the platform.
what we see on the platform is there is no place to stand,not even to breathe.It was so crowded.Even the trains were no tworking.So we decided to go walking through roadside.when we came out on S.V.Rd. we saw that water level had incerased upto neck.we all were shocked..Now what to do next??

It was 4.00pm by now.We decided to move on to dhavals place in V.Parle (east).we were right now at Andheri(w).We started walking towards Irla..
While walking,i saw many distrous things by which i was shocked, and had never seen in my life.People were running here and there.many people fell down on road,since they were not able to see the potholes.I was one of them.I fell thrice but was not injured.School children were screaming.people left their most expensive cars like the merc.,skoda,lancer,etc in the middle of the road and started searching for their way towards home.One person was carring a guy on his back and finding the way since that guy was feeted.
Many more un-imaginable things happened.We reached Irla at abt 6pm.we were catching each others hands and walking ina chain.
At Irla,the flow of water was the same as that we have it in sea,since there was a slope..As soon as Mihir stteped his right leg to cross the road,he fell down.I had hold Mihirs hand,so i was also dragged.But anyhow we managed to do that and we reached parle station.And then by 7,we reached dhavals place...

What we see at dhavals place is that there is no light,and there was other group(His sisters friends) at his place.So now, we were in all 25people at his place.All were in one room!!His whole room had became wet,his bed,chairs,everything..And above all,we all were wet,hungry and ofcourse tired..Everyone was trying to contact their residence but htere was no network...

After an hour his mom gave all of us to eat..We were so hungry ,that hum log ne 2 min mein sab khatam kar diya... We had to spend the night at his place.Time passed and it continued raining heavily..At night his mom again gave us "Theplas" to eat. We all finished abt 100 theplas in just 2 min..
There was no place to sleep.So we played games,some didnt.By 2.00am,all were so tired, that many of them slept in sitting position.I slept at abt 4.30am.
Then we woke up at abt 8am and the rain was same as the previous day.We(2-3 freinds) went down and asked the rickshaw and taxi-drivers for kandivli and borivali..We were ready to pay 600 per person,but they refused..Now imagine the condition of roads..At abt 12 the rain stopped but there was water eveywhere..so again dhavals mom gave us breakfast and lunch.."Great Great Thanks to his mom,seriously" .No one else can do this..

After lunch, we left his place and decided to go walking on tracks.When we came at parle station,ther were thousands of people,i could see on the tracks coming all the way from town...
we started walking and reached andheri in 45-50 min. We all were tired.There,we saw Virar local(Only mumbaikar knows how is virar local...)anyhow we managed and train reached kandivali in 2hrs(Andheri to kandivli, actually takes just 19 minutes..)
Finally , ireached my residence...

This was something different i experienced with my friends.Though tired, i enjoyed a lot..."Aisa Mauka fir Kahan...."
Again great thanks to dhaval and his mom....