Maharashtra Rain: Water entered a number of homes in low-lying areas.
Thane/Palghar:
Heavy rains pounded Thane and neighbouring Palghar district of Maharashtra within the final 24 hours, leading to water-logging in lots of areas and a lot of incidents of tree fall, officers mentioned.
Two individuals have been swept away in swollen water our bodies within the final two days. Whereas the physique of certainly one of them was recovered, efforts have been on to hint the opposite particular person, they mentioned.
A lot of automobiles have been additionally broken in Thane district in rain-related incidents, the officers mentioned.
A portion of a compound wall of the upscale NRI Advanced in Navi Mumbai township of Thane district collapsed on Wednesday night time after heavy rains, Navi Mumbai Municipal Company’s catastrophe administration cell chief Dr Babasaheb Rajale informed PTI on Thursday.
No particular person was injured within the incident, he mentioned, including just a few automobiles parked within the complicated have been broken.
A 16-year-old boy from Diva in Thane metropolis was swept away in a swollen nullah on Wednesday night time and efforts have been nonetheless on to hint him, officers mentioned.
Thane metropolis acquired 200.08 mm rainfall within the 24-hour interval ending at 8.30 am on Thursday, Thane Municipal Company’s catastrophe administration cell chief Yasin Tadvi mentioned.
Since January this 12 months, the town has thus far recorded 506.46 mm rainfall, in comparison with 198.32 mm in the identical interval final 12 months, he mentioned.
Following heavy rains on Wednesday in addition to on Thursday morning, a number of low-lying areas in Bhiwandi, Kalyan and Ulhasnagar townships of Thane have been flooded, district catastrophe management room mentioned.
Water entered a number of homes in low-lying areas and Manpada police station in Dombivli, whereas numerous places of work reported leakages following heavy showers, it mentioned.
A video of the water-logged police station went viral on social media platforms.
Native firemen and catastrophe administration cell groups have been on their toes, attending to a number of calls of water-logging and tree fall in Thane metropolis during which at the least half-a-dozen automobiles have been broken, Tadvi mentioned.
In Palghar, a villager, Devram Ramji Gimbal (45), was swept away in a swollen stream in Wada taluka on Tuesday when he went out to purchase seeds for rising paddy, district catastrophe administration cell chief Vivekanand Kadam informed PTI.
The physique was recovered from the stream on Wednesday and despatched to a authorities hospital for postmortem. A case of unintended demise was registered, he added.
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