Mumbai/IBNS, May 26 -- Heavy rain battered Mumbai and paralysed normal lives as monsoon arrived in Maharashtra 12 days early, media reports said.

Train and flight services have been disrupted while streets are flooded with water restricting people from exercising their normal flow of work.

Several low-lying areas of Kurla, Sion, Dadar and Parel are waterlogged.

Train services, which are the heartline of Mumbai's transport, have been delayed due to waterlogging on railway tracks.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or BMC has urged residents to avoid venturing out of home unless necessary.

The state has appealed to people to stay alert.

The southwest monsoon's arrival in Maharashtra on Sunday marked its earlier onset in 35 years....