Heavy rains kill five in Thane

Five persons,including a toddler,were killed in separate rain-related incidents as heavy rains continued to lash Thane on Thursday.

Five persons,including a toddler,were killed in separate rain-related incidents as heavy rains continued to lash Thane on Thursday. Several remote areas were cut off due to severe flooding on roads.

According to the police,three persons drowned while one was killed in a wall collapse and another electrocuted since Wednesday night.

In Ganeshpuri,Sudhir Ganpat Naik (32),a resident of Nalasopara,drowned in a hotspring. In the other incident,a three-year-old girl from Nalasopara fell into a flooded drain near her house and drowned.

In Manor,one unidentified woman in her forties fell into a pond dug up for mining.

Twenty-eight-year-old Ganpat W Davre was killed in a wall collapse in Talasari,while an unidentified person was electrocuted near Diva railway station on Thursday morning.

In low-lying areas in the district,especially Thane,Kalyan and Bhiwandi,commuters faced a lot of trouble. Thousands of people from Ulhasnagar,where most of the areas were submerged,were seen seeking shelter in nearby areas.

The district administration said various parts of the remote areas,including the Palghar-Manor Road,was totally cut off due to heavy flooding as Surya river was overflowing.

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