© Pratik Chorge/Hindustan TimesPeople walk from flooded road as there is water logging due to heavy rain on LBS Road near Sion station in Mumbai, on Sunday, August 4, 2019.
Rivers in the western state of Maharashtra were flooded after authorities released water from dams made full after many parts on the west coast received more than 200 mm (8 inches) of rain.
Trains were cancelled due to the heavy downpours and because a boulder fell on one line, railway authorities said on Twitter.
Schools and colleges in Mumbai and neighbouring districts were also closed on Monday following a warning by the weather office of heavy rainfall, the Maharashtra chief minister's office tweeted.
Financial markets were open in Mumbai, which is often touted as a potential rival to China's financial powerhouse Shanghai but, like many Indian cities, is hampered by poor infrastructure.
Hundreds of houses and a few Hindu temples on the banks of the Godavari river were flooded in the neighboring town of Nashik after floodwater was released from a dam.
Reporting by Rajendra Jadhav; Editing by Paul Tait
Comment: Last week the Indian army and navy were called in to save 700 people stranded on a flooded train in Maharashtra state following torrential rain.