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Mumbai waterlogged again, civic chief says in Netherlands theyve learnt to live with floods

Mumbai, July 1 200 mm in Colaba, 149 mm in Santacruz; before monsoon, BMC said widened drains ready to take 400 mm rain in a day The fear of the monsoon havoc hit Mumbaiites once again on Tuesday morning as rail and road traffic were stalled by waterlogging and two people were washed away by flood waters in suburban drains. Worse, by evening, a harried Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Phatak had this to say: "In the low-lying country, The Netherlands, people have learnt to live with rains, as they cannot cope with the situation.'