India's financial hub back on track
AFP, Mumbai
India's rain-drenched city of Mumbai, where almost 1,000 people lost their lives in a week-long deluge, surged back to life Wednesday but aid workers still battling to get relief to battered areas warned the worst is not yet over. Streams of office-goers poured from railway stations into the streets holding colourful umbrellas against the occasional drizzle as schools, colleges and offices reopened. Traffic jams returned as residents, who had been urged by police at the height of the monsoon torrents to stay indoors, drove to work. Buses, taxis and three-wheelers added to the chaos. "As of now the city on the whole is normal," said Mumbai municipal commissioner Johny Joseph. "But we are not taking any chances and 147 medical teams are working round-the-clock to prevent any outbreak of diseases. "More than 300 trucks and bulldozers are also on the roads to clear 15,000 tonnes of garbage being thrown into the streets by the residents every day -- which is three times of what we normally see," Joseph told AFP.
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