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Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp proved a boon on Friday for several stranded commuters, helping them get real-time traffic and train updates, and instant car-pooling offers to reach their destinations in the wake of Friday’s torrential rains.
Messages on the situation started pouring in right from the morning, with updates on the impact of the rains overnight. Local suburban railway trains, the lifeline of the city, which ferries over 65 lakh people a day, came to a halt and has not yet resumed.
More people started taking to the streets due to this, with many even thronging the beaches to enjoy the rains and get wet, aggravating the woes on the road, causing traffic snarls.
This triggered a slew of activity online and within no time, hashtags such as #mumbairains started trending on the micro-blogging website Twitter.
Those who did not tweet updated their friends over WhatsApp.
Scenes of flooded tracks, overflowing platforms and railway indicators struggling were shared over Facebook and Instagram by netizens.
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