Heavy monsoon rains and widespread waterlogging in Mumbai have prompted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to issue an alert over the rising risk of leptospirosis, a bacterial infection that spreads through floodwater contaminated with urine from infected animals.
Authorities have banned visits to waterfalls, forts, dams, rivers and lakes across Thane district as relentless monsoon rain raises the risk of floods, landslides and accidents.
