New Delhi: As Mumbai welcomed the onset of monsoon early on Wednesday (June 9), incessant showers disrupted life in Mumbai and brought on a number of incidents of landslide, wall and bridge collapse in Thane metropolis and neighbouring Palghar district in Maharashtra.
While no casualties have been reported, no less than six autos have been broken after timber fell on them throughout the downpour, PTI quoted Santosh Kadam, the chief of the Thane Municipal Corporation’s (TMC) regional catastrophe administration cell as saying.
Panvel-Kalwa street and Mumbra Bypass Road, each in Mumbra witnessed landslides on account of the heavy downpour. Rescue groups reached the scene to clear the roads and guarantee easy motion of autos, the official added.
Moreover, three incidents of wall collapse occurred in Thane metropolis, nevertheless, nobody was injured. A bridge in Kolgaon village of Palghar district collapsed, the Chief of the District Disaster Management Cell Vivekanand Kadam instructed the information company. No casualties have been reported in the bridge collapse, however transport hyperlink to villages round the bridge was lower off, Kadam knowledgeable.
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued orange alert for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts, for the coming 4 days. It additionally issued an orange alert for Pune, Satara and Kolhapur districts in western Maharashtra on Saturday and Sunday, and for Bhandara, Gondia and Gadchiroli districts in the Vidharbha area on Sunday.
The heavy deluge lashed Mumbai and introduced the metropolis to a standstill. It disrupted native practice providers, led to water-logging in numerous elements of the metropolis, pushing the site visitors police to close 4 subways.
(With inputs from companies)
