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#MumbaiRains: Bollywood celebrities do their bit to help the affected people

15 Sep 2017

On Tuesday August 29, Mumbai received nearly 316 mm of rain that threw normal life out of gear. Commuters and office goers were stranded as the train lines came to a halt while the buses, taxis and auto rickshaws were hardly there on the roads to ferry the helpless. Bollywood celebrities did their bit to ensure that the woes of the commuters can be eased till an extent. Emraan Hashmi, Madhuri Dixit, Priyanka Chopra , Sunny Singh, Dia Mirza, Sonakshi Sinha and many others tweeted the helpline numbers of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Western Railway, Central Railway etc. https://twitter.com/hashtag/MumbaiRains?src=hash #MumbaiRains The BMC emergency helpline number is 1916. For traffic emergencies, call the police at 100. Stay safe everyone! emraan hashmi (@emraanhashmi) https://twitter.com/emraanhashmi/status/902517750492520449 August 29, 2017 Some good numbers for all of us. https://t.co/1M0JjKverL pic.twitter.com/1M0JjKverL Madhuri Dixit-Nene (@MadhuriDixit) https://twitter.com/MadhuriDixit/status/902498836441997312 August 29, 2017 BMC helpline 1916. Police Helpline 100..Home is the safest.. for most. Find shelter and give shelter. Be safe Mumbai https://twitter.com/hashtag/mumbairains?src=hash #mumbairains PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) https://twitter.com/priyankachopra/status/902482721175257090 August 29, 2017 https://twitter.com/hashtag/staysafe?src=hash #staysafe https://twitter.com/hashtag/mumbairains?src=hash #mumbairains https://t.co/4KsUjt2PJR pic.twitter.com/4KsUjt2PJR Sunny Singh (@mesunnysingh) https://twitter.com/mesunnysingh/status/902496161981915136 August 29, 2017 Please do not venture out! If you can offer shelter to strays and people stuck in the rain please do.MCGM helpline number 1916 https://twitter.com/hashtag/MumbaiRains?src=hash #MumbaiRains Dia Mirza (@deespeak) https://twitter.com/deespeak/status/902485558592544768 August 29, 2017 https://twitter.com/hashtag/mumbairains?src=hash #mumbairains really lashing down. Please stay indoors and be safe everyone. Help those who need it. BMC helpline 1916, police 100. Sonakshi Sinha (@sonakshisinha) https://twitter.com/sonakshisinha/status/902484795678003200 August 29, 2017 Farhan Akhtar informed stranded commuters that volunteers are available at certain places of the city and that all gurudwaras are open for food and shelter. He also shared the phone numbers of those in charge. Please RT. https://twitter.com/hashtag/mumbaiheroes?src=hash #mumbaiheroes https://t.co/FaOHXB031Z pic.twitter.com/FaOHXB031Z Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) https://twitter.com/FarOutAkhtar/status/902496486361006083 August 29, 2017 Rannvijay Singha and Ashoke Pandit advised people to go a place in Bandra where food and water was made available. Those stranded near Bandra,Khar,Santacruz,Sea link can go to Trupti Bandra at linking road near Amarsons,Food/water available https://twitter.com/hashtag/mumbairains?src=hash #mumbairains Rannvijay singha (@RannvijaySingha) https://twitter.com/RannvijaySingha/status/902490084234194945 August 29, 2017 Those stranded in Bandra can move towards Trupti Bandra * at linking rd near Amarsons Food and tea hv been made available. https://twitter.com/hashtag/MumbaiRains?src=hash #MumbaiRains Ashoke Pandit (@ashokepandit) https://twitter.com/ashokepandit/status/902523675580051458 August 29, 2017 Most of the film events were cancelled, except for two launch of the song Tere Bina from Haseena Parkar by Shraddha Kapoor , Siddhanth Kapoor, Ankur Bhatia and Apoorva Lakhia, and the immersion of Vivek Oberois Ganesh idol. The Kapoor siblings gave a lift to four mediapersons who were stuck after reaching the venue Twitters Mumbai office in Santacruz. Shraddha and Siddhanth Kapoor gave them a lift till Juhu. Though it was barely a few kilometres, it took them an hour to reach. Vivek Oberoi, on the other hand, opened his residence to around 18-20 photographers who were present at Juhu Beach to cover his visarjan and the other celebrations by the sea. The photographers were pleasantly surprised as Vivek and his father Suresh Oberoi served them piping hot food and also made other arrangements.