Mumbai rains highlights: Tragic that people lost lives due to rains, says Rahul Gandhi
A day after heavy showers battered Mumbai, the rain intensity reduced briefly on Monday morning and picked up momentum again, leading to water-logging at some places and disrupting local train services, officials said. On Sunday, 30 people were killed in the metropolis in rain-related incidents, including 19 in Mahul area of Chembur where a retaining wall collapsed on some houses after a landslide. On Monday, more people died, taking the toll to 42.
Tragic that people lost lives due to rains: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said it was tragic that people lost their lives due to rains inMumbaiand a cloudburst in Uttarakhand, and asked party workers to provide relief to the affected. (PTI)
13:4419 Jul 2021
Maharashtra: Four houses damaged in a landslide Kalwa area of Thane; search and rescue operation underway pic.twitter.com/Bx7a0l9q5o
Mumbai and around rainfall in last 3 hrs at 17.45 hrs. Moderate type, but wide spread and more towards city and central Mumbai. Kalyan Thane some intense spells continued to observed pic.twitter.com/Og11ZpVTVq
Heavy rain pummels Konkan belt, death toll mounts to 42
Several urban centres and villages were inundated as the financial capital of Mumbai and the coastal Konkan belt of Maharashtra continued to be pounded by heavy rains on Monday even as rain-related deaths mounted to 42. Read more
12:0219 Jul 2021
Five dead in Kalwa
Five members of a family, including three minors, were killed on Monday evening after a boulder rolled down and crashed into a slum colony due to incessant rains in Kalwa area of Thane district, officials said. (PTI)