Owing to continuous downpour in Mumbai, three houses were damaged and two people severely injured in a landslide in Mumbai’s Chunabhatti area on Wednesday morning, July 6.
The injured have been identified as identified as Shivam Sonawane (15), Prakash Sonawane (40) and Surekha Virkar (20). Police and BMC officials have since arrived at the spot, reports stated. They were later shifted to Sion hospital for treatment, stated reports.
According to the civic officials, the incident took place at Nagoba chowk, Narayan Hadke chawl in Gorakhnath mandal, Chunabhatti at around 10:28 am when some part of the hill collapsed on a nearby ground plus one chawl.
Moreover, the Mumbai rains have resulted into waterlogging, which has also led to the disrupted traffic movement.
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Besides, it also came to light that due to rainfall several tracks had been inundated, trains were delayed but didn't stop. Our teams work throughout the year for monsoon preparedness. We added additional pumps with higher capacities, micro tunnelling helped, said Shivaji M Sutar, Central Railways (CR) PRO. Mumbai local trains were running late on both Central and Western line.
Incessant rainfall was reported in Mumbai on Wednesday morning, after spells of heavy showers over the last two days, and citizens complained of water-logging in some low-lying areas of the city.
Additionally, Mumbai is likely to witness another wet day as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted moderate to heavy rain in the city and suburbs, with a possibility of extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in the next 24 hours, according to civic officials. The downpour will continue, with IMD issuing an orange alert for Mumbai and Thane for Thursday and Friday.
Tuesday witnessed intense downpours across Mumbai, with IMD's base weather station in Santacruz registering 124.2 mm of rain between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm. On the other hand, the Colaba observatory saw 117.4 mm of rain in the same period.
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Owing to continuous downpour in Mumbai, three houses were damaged and two people severely injured in a landslide in Mumbai’s Chunabhatti area on Wednesday morning, July 6.
The injured have been identified as identified as Shivam Sonawane (15), Prakash Sonawane (40) and Surekha Virkar (20). Police and BMC officials have since arrived at the spot, reports stated. They were later shifted to Sion hospital for treatment, stated reports.
According to the civic officials, the incident took place at Nagoba chowk, Narayan Hadke chawl in Gorakhnath mandal, Chunabhatti at around 10:28 am when some part of the hill collapsed on a nearby ground plus one chawl.
Moreover, the Mumbai rains have resulted into waterlogging, which has also led to the disrupted traffic movement.
Also Read: Mumbai Rains: 2 Young Men Drown At An Abandoned Quarry In Dahisar
Besides, it also came to light that due to rainfall several tracks had been inundated, trains were delayed but didn't stop. Our teams work throughout the year for monsoon preparedness. We added additional pumps with higher capacities, micro tunnelling helped, said Shivaji M Sutar, Central Railways (CR) PRO. Mumbai local trains were running late on both Central and Western line.
Incessant rainfall was reported in Mumbai on Wednesday morning, after spells of heavy showers over the last two days, and citizens complained of water-logging in some low-lying areas of the city.
Additionally, Mumbai is likely to witness another wet day as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted moderate to heavy rain in the city and suburbs, with a possibility of extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in the next 24 hours, according to civic officials. The downpour will continue, with IMD issuing an orange alert for Mumbai and Thane for Thursday and Friday.
Tuesday witnessed intense downpours across Mumbai, with IMD's base weather station in Santacruz registering 124.2 mm of rain between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm. On the other hand, the Colaba observatory saw 117.4 mm of rain in the same period.
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