Mumbai Rains: Narrow escape for 2 women as they fall into open manhole in Bhandup area | VIDEO

As heavy rain lashed a number of components of Mumbai, two women had a slim escape as they fell into an open manhole in Bhandup area on Wednesday. Municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal on Tuesday had directed officers to make sure all precautions are taken to guard residents. Chahal undertook a high-level assembly with ward officers, together with officers from different businesses. 

The civic chief had directed that manholes in all 24 wards are checked and carefully monitored to forestall any untoward incidents, particularly in areas the place there’s heavy waterlogging.

Apart from senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officers, authorities from BEST, Mumbai Police, Central and Western Railways, Mhada, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), and Mumbai Metro had been additionally current.

The BMC has additionally directed Metro authorities to make sure that there isn’t a waterlogging wherever there are barricades put in for Metro works.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an ‘orange alert’ for Mumbai, and neighbouring Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts, warning of very heavy to extraordinarily heavy rainfall at remoted locations.

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) stated that the fifth Battalion is prepositioning 15 groups in the coastal area following a requisition from the Maharashtra authorities. NDRF stated that 15 groups had been being prepositioned in coastal Maharashtra following the prediction of heavy rain in Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Raigad, Thane and Palghar districts together with Mumbai. These 15 groups embody three groups completely deployed in Mumbai.

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