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Helpline Numbers and Live Accounts of 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks

Some helpline numbers:
JJ Hospital +91 22 23739031
St George's Hospital - +91 22 22620240
Mumbai Police's Helpline Numbers
Taj helpline numbers for info about people stuck inside - +91 -22-66574322, +91-22-66574372, local toll free 1-800-111-825
Trident Hotel Helpline : 011-23890606, 011-23890505, 9810956888 | Dir Corp Comm, Oberoi Hotels
Trident Hotel International Toll Free Numbers
For Info on terrorist cars - call DG Control Room - 9122 22023366
Send an sms -type BLOOD and send it to 96000 97000
Info on Terrorist cars - call 9122 24937755/24937747
US helpline 888-407-4747 Brazilian help line 9820686143 (C) CNN IBN FA 1-613-996-8885 from Canada, 1-800-387-3124 E
For UK
Helpline Number search on Twitter


Terror attack coverage in social media:

Wikipedia entry on 26/11 Mumbai terror
Real Time Citizen Journalism in Mumbai Terror Attacks
Twitter updates - they're fast and furious
Vinu's Flickr stream of live pictures
Global Voices Online evolving page
We're trying to help contact people in Mumbai through the MumbaiHelp blog

Taj Helpline Numbers

The Taj helpline numbers for anyone wishing to call the hotel up to check on status/welfare of the hotel guests,

+91 22 66574322 / +91 22 66574372 / +91 1800 111 825

Children of Bombay

Last afternoon my friend Rahul and I were killing time as we awaited the opening of a friend's art show in Colaba. We spoke of our hopes for the future, our dreams. I said to him something I've thought about for a few months, maybe a year now: I don't want my children to live here. In this city. Maybe even in this country.

My friend is expecting his first child, and he said to me: My wife and I had this same conversation today. But what do we do. Where do we go?'

Why did we say what we did? 

I said it because I see with my eyes and in my work, and so it comes through in my writing: in a city where the young, the able, the educated, do not have a chance, what chance will the the helpless have? Our children, our elderly parents? The animals we love?

And in Bombay, a city which is dying, I said to Rahul: where will my child study? which libraries will he or she go to? I said to him, I wanted to buy your wife a pram. But what roads will you push that pram on, which garden? There are no sidewalks in Bombay anymore. There is no clean air. People stone the dogs I feed outside my house. My neighbours say 'No Muslims.' When I landed in the city last week I thought to myself: This looks like Kabul before curfew.

Read More.

Government warnings and helplines

RR Patil, state home minister, asked people to stay indoors, to not go into South Bombay in the day. Schools are being advised to stay shut.

Please listen, people. This is not the time to show the spirit of mumbai. You'll get in the ways of the cops.

Also. CNN IBN says blood is needed at JJ Hospital +91 22 23739031 - and St George's Hospital - +91 22 22620240.

The Mumbai Police website has a bunch of emergency numbers here: http://www.mumbaipolice.org/imp_telnfax.htm

Law enforcement officers killed

TV reports say that the chief of the Anti Terrorism Squad, Hemant Karkare and DIG Ashok Kante have been killed.

Another officer, Vijay Salaskar is just reported to have have been killed too.

Shit.

Can we help?

(added at 3.30 am IST, 30th November, thanks to "Jenny USA," in the comments)

India Today list of the deceased

(added at 5.15 pm IST Nov 29 - thanks to Sakshi Juneja)

List of the Deceased at NDTV.com
List of Injured at NDTV.com
List of those rescued from the Trident at NDTV.com

(added at 12.50 pm IST 28th Nov) List of hostages released from Hotel Trident

(added at 11.35 pm IST) Here's a spreadsheet of injured and deceased.

(added at 7.15pm IST) There are some useful helpline numbers here.

Leave a message if you're trying to get through to pals in the city.

Preferably leave a cellphone number for both yourself and your friends / family, and we'll try and SMS them.

Tip:

Suggest you avoid calling. Lines are bound to be screwed. SMS direct instead.

My number is [removed] if you need a message relayed.

Changing the date-stamp on this post so that it appears on the top. Originally posted on 27th November, 1.16 a.m.

A big thank you to all who are helping. Please avoid off-topic posts, speculation and rumours.

Moving this back to its original date and time, and removing my phone number. All of you who left contact information, you're advised to remove stuff you don't want left out in public. Mail me - this ID at gmail - if you need help.

Hostages

Apparently foreign nationals have been taken hostage.

And there's a lot of twittering.

Shootings and grenade blasts in South Bombay

TV news says that there were gun shots and grenade explosions in and around the Taj, the Oberoi, VT station, BMC headquarters, Cama Hospital, Crawford Market, Metro cinema.

Heard from Amit Varma, who was with other friends, including Sonia Faleiro and Rahul Bhatia. They have taken a room at Gordon House for the night.

More updates when I get them.

A photo dump from south mumbai here: http://flickr.com/photos/vinu/3062054336/

Danger days - 2008

These dates and times are the ones where very high rainfall is bad news for the city, because they coincide with the highest tides, which means closed sluice gates and higher chances of flooding, since the rain water has nowhere to go.

2nd July 1152 hrs
3rd July 1237 hrs
4th July 1325 hrs
5th July 1410 hrs
6th July 1454 hrs
7th July 1537 hrs

1st August 1220 hrs
2nd August 1302 hrs
3rd August 1341 hrs
4th August 1420 hrs

30th August 1158 hrs
31st August 1220 hrs
1st September 1307 hrs

Info courtesy an email from Sunil Shibad.

3-day forecast from the India Meteorological Department (+ the forecast from the IMD's Regional Meteorological Centre for the city), 5-day forecast on the BBC, 5-day forecast from Yahoo, 5-day forecast on Weather Underground, 6-day forecast on WeatherForecast, 6-day forecast on Weather City, Accuweather.

Flooded?

From Sunday Mid-Day

Important telephone numbers you can call if you area is flooded in the city.

Mumbai: Important numbers you can call if your area in Mumbai is flooded this monsoon.

BMC Commissioner - Jairaj Phatak - 9820092861, 22620525

DMC, Disaster Mgmt - S Shinde - 9820702503, 22704403

AMC (Western Suburbs) 9833184848 - Kishore Gajbhiye - 22620251

MMRDA Commissioner - Ratnakar Gaikwad - 9867876767, 26591234

Additional Municipal Commissioner (City) – RA Rajeev - 9833181818, 22620251


AMC, (Eastern Suburbs) - Madhav Sangle - 9920555100, 22620251


Or call the ward officer

Ward - Officer
A - Balamwar V M: 22661353, 9820702619
B - Gadkari S Y: 23736622, 9833539011
C - Bole V G: 22014022, 9820935610
D - Chore C D: 23861426, 9820702621
E - Patil P J: 23081471, 9820702620
F/S - Patwardhan V B: 24135460, 9869313204
F/N - Karwande S K: 24024353, 9820702616
G/S - Thorat P K: 24305031, 9820702606
G/N - Pai N V: 24212776, 9820702624
H/E - Mistry U D: 26182217, 9820702657
H/W - Rathod G P: 26422311, 9820702612
K/E - Dhakne R B: 26840103, 9820702618
K/W - Dhamne S M: 26239165, 9820702607
P/S - Kolekar B P: 28722244, 9820702625
P/N - Kshirsagar M M: 28823266, 9820702614
R/S - Shankarwar V V: 28054697, 9820702513
R/N - Khanolkar A B: 28920242, 9833578993
R/C - Waghralkar A S: 28930341, 9820702622
L - Khoje A S: 26505103, 9820702610
M/E - Mehta S C: 25283900, 9969037702
M/W - Pawar R W: 25283900, 9930356222
N - Prabhu V P: 25094161, 9820702603
S - Kale H A: 25947570, 9820702604
T - Masurkar P R: 25645289, 9820702607

A year later

In remembrance.

Useful pages at Karmayog

A message from Vinay at Karmayogtells us that:

You can fill in details of rain-affected areas at the online SATYA form, which will help the authorities to take specific action. You can also upload pictures.

Your message will also be displayed on the Satya page at Karmayog.

You can also give direct feedback to the relevant person at Karmayog's BMC contact details page.

There are also monsoon tips and contacts available.

More on the flooding in the suburbs

I travelled from Lokhandwala Complex (Andheri) to Prabhadevi and back, and here's the eyewitness report :)

Things are fine from the Century Bazaar signal to Turner Road junction. No flooding whatsoever on both Cadell Road and LJ road.

Intermittent flooding from Turner Road Jn. onward.

Major problem spots (approx. knee-deep or higher):
* Turner Rd. Jn. to Khar Stn. on S. V. Road
* Santacruz bus depot (nr. Milan subway) to Nanavati Hospital
* Vileparle Jn. (near Mithibai College) to Juhu Gully

Minor flooding (Approx calf deep):
* parts of Juhu 10th Road
* Santacruz Police Station (Airplane garden on Linking Road) to Arya Samaj
* Some bylanes in Santacruz between S V Road and Linking Road (North Avenue, West Avenue)
* Indian Oil Nagar Jn. (Andheri West)
* Lokhandwala Circle
* All roads leading to the fomer JVPD circle (Nr. JVPD bus depot). The junction itself was strangely above water.

This is all info as of about 3 hrs. ago. Things are looking better now, and the water's receding.

Helpline Numbers

Got these helpline numbers off CNN-IBN .

* Power Supply Reliance: 30303030.

* MSEB: 25686666.

* Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Control room: 22694727.

* For emergency complaints like building or wall collapses, call 1916.

For fallen trees, short circuits or fire, call 101 or 23085991.

* For drainage related complaints, call 1916.

* Drainage control rooms: 23678109 (city), 26146852 (western suburbs) or 25153258 (eastern suburbs) Central Railway Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus: 22697330 Dadar: 24143841 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Kurla: 26502475, 25298499 Kalyan: 95251-2311499 Western Railway Call 131 or 22005388 Mumbai Pune Expressway Call 09822498224 Airlines Air India: 28318888 Indian Airlines: 1407 Jet Airways: 56986111 Air Sahara: 30302020 Insurance claims Bajaj Allianz: 5.

TV is now back, flights are taking off. Still, people are being warned by BMC officials to stay indoors.

Mumbai Underwater Again

Amit Varma reports at out sister blog Cloudburst Mumbai:

The rain is back. NDTV reports:

Heavy rainfall in Mumbai has flooded the busy Andheri, Worli, Sion, Kurla, Wadala, Chembur and Borivili areas.

The airport in Mumbai has called off all flight operations, reports on Saturday said.

The showers also crippled transport systems on the ground forcing diversions to avoid flooded roads and disrupted rail services.

The weather office has forecast more rainfall throughout Saturday.


There's more from Rediff and CNN-IBN. Peter Griffin SMSs to inform me that Vashi is waist-deep in water in some places, and there's no electricity, and therefore no access to the internet or television reports. Heavy rain is expected to continue today, and staying indoors is advisable.

Television is off where I live in Bandra, but we have electricity and internet. Cell phones are working fine. But the city has come to a complete standstill. All flights into Mumbai are cancelled and flights out from Mumbai are running very late. My cousin is en route to Delhi and her flight took off at 2.30 pm, after a delay of 5 hours.

High tide days

Days to watch out for this monsoon, with expected level of high tide in metres. The danger level, says the Disaster Management Cell, is 4.60m.

June 15, 12:40 - 4.71m
June 16, 13:38 - 4.71m
June 17, 14:14 - 4.65m

August 2, 14:32 - 4.65
August 30, 13:20 - 4.71m
August 31, 13:56 - 4.66m

September 28, 00.50 - 4.65m
September 29, 01:34 - 4.75
September 30, 02:19 - 4.70m

If there is more than an hour of heavy rain at these times, you can pretty much guarantee floods, since the storm water drains will have the tide rushing in, preventing drainage.