Mumbai: Mumbai was Tuesday paralyzed by incessant rain, which left many parts of the financial capital waterlogged and 21 dead in a wall collapse in the city.
Fourteen persons died in rest of Maharashtra in rain-related incidents in the last 24 hours, officials said.
Heavy rains lashing Mumbai since Sunday threw rail, air and road traffic out of gear, with several trains and flights, cancelled.
With IMD forecast of heavy rains for Tuesday, the authorities declared a holiday in the city and adjoining regions, asking people to avoid stepping out of their houses.
Twenty-one people were killed and 78 injured in a wall collapse in the northern suburb of Malad in Mumbai early Tuesday following heavy rains.
Efforts by rescue workers to get a 15-year-old girl out of the debris of the wall which collapsed in Malad, proved futile as she was brought out dead.
Two persons died in Malad after they were locked up in a car flooded with rainwater. One person was electrocuted in Vile Parle and a security guard was killed in a wall collapse in suburban Mulund.
In Pune, six labourers were killed and three injured after a wall collapsed in Ambegaon area late Monday night. A wall collapse in Kalyan in Thane district early Tuesday killed three people, officials said.
In Buldhana district, a 52-year-old woman was killed on the spot by a bolt of lightning.
Altogether 54 flights were diverted and 52 cancelled at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport due to inclement weather.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis visited the BMC Disaster Management control room and took stock of the situation in Mumbai with civic officials.
The Mumbai University postponed the exam of B.Sc Computer Science for first and second-year students due to heavy rains, an official said.
Many long-distance trains of the central and western railway were either cancelled or terminated ahead of final destination due to heavy rainfall, the official said.