India, May 27 -- Incessant rain swept through Navi Mumbai on Monday, flooding low-lying homes, causing severe water-logging in parts of the city, causing vegetables to rot in wholesale markets, and prompting the rescue of students from a waterfall in Kharghar.

Heavy rain began late on Sunday night and grew intense on Monday morning, registering an average 100 mm for Navi Mumbai on Monday. Nerul and Belapur were impacted most, with both places recording 200 mm on Monday. Six trees collapsed and water-logging was widespread, including at railway underpasses across the city.

Morbe dam, located in Khalapur and the primary source of water for Navi Mumbai, received over 125 mm of rainfall, bringing water levels to 74.32 m.

In the Raigad Bhav...