Mumbai: Heavy rains put most of the MMR sections, including Thane and Navi Mumbai, resulting in the incidence of compounds and collapse of walls, waterlogging, trees decline incidents and traffic congestion on Sundays.
Residen Thane was feared to sink into Nolah, while a woman, the Mumbra resident suffered an injury after a branch of the tree collapsed at her house.
“We were told that a 30-year-old man identified as Jeevan Owhal had fallen in Nullah in Ambedkar Road in the Uithalsar area.
He was not found until night,” said Santosh Kadam, Head of the Regional Disaster Management Cell.
Navi Mumbai received 260mm rainfall in the last 36 hours, starting at 8 am on Saturday, with Koparkeirie registering the highest rain between all nodes with 295mm.
Post-midnight heavy rain leaves more than 18 spots in the Thane and suburban area of the Mumbra and Diva.
The city received 182.36mm rainfall in a 12-hour period which ended at 8:30 a.m.
on Sunday, the official said.
– Input by Manoj Badgeri, BB Nayak & Pradeep Gupta
Navi Mumbai gets 260mm rainfall, in Thane, men are afraid of sinking
