India, July 7 -- Road connectivity between Mumbai and the rest of the country was brought to a near standstill on Monday as relentless rain, landslides and waterlogging shut all four highways linking the financial capital to key cities for varying periods from late Sunday night. Track the Mumbai rains live here

The Mumbai-Pune and Mumbai-Goa highways bore the brunt, stranding commuters, truckers and other travellers for several hours. Both highways along the Mumbai-Pune route were severely compromised even as the new Connecting Link on the high-speed expressway, described as an "engineering marvel" by the chief minister, buckled under the pressure.

Heavy rain also caused traffic to stall on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad and Mumbai-Nashik routes,...