Rains wrecks havoc in city: Rivers swell, trees fall, houses collapse; 75 -yr-old man killed
The BMC's disaster cell report also stated that an unidentified individual fell down in an open drain on Monday afternoon.
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Waterlogging at Chunnabhatti due to ongoing heavy rains . (Express Photo by Ganesh Shirshekar)As rainfall continued to lash Mumbai causing damage and disruptions across the city, a 75-year-old man lost his life after a tree fell on him. The deceased has been identified as Satish Shirke.
According to civic officials, the portion of the compound wall of the Hyderabad Estate quarters collapsed on a tree adjoining the wall. As a result of which the tree collapsed on the victim. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) disaster cell, the incident occurred at Nepean Sea road near Shimla House.
“After the incident was reported the victim was rushed to Nair hospital where he was declared dead by the authorities,” said an official.
The BMC’s disaster cell report also stated that an unidentified individual fell down in an open drain on Monday afternoon. The authorities said that the rescue operation for the person is still underway.
In another incident, a 40-year-old man, Jayant Gosavi, was injured after a tree fell on him. The incident took place at Sahar Road (Andheri East) on Monday afternoon and the victim is currently undergoing treatment at Cooper Hospital (Juhu).
A total of 26 tree collapse incidents were reported in Mumbai out of which10 were in the island city, five in the eastern suburbs and 11 in the western suburbs.
In a separate incident at Goregaon, three four-wheelers got damaged after a Peepal tree collapsed on them. Local authorities said that the vehicles were parked adjoining the compound of the housing society and the tree damaged all the vehicles severely.
According to the BMC’s disaster cell, six incidents of house collapse were reported. Out of the total incidents, four were reported from the Eastern suburbs, while one incident reported each from the island city and western suburbs. No casualties were reported from these incidents. Alongside this, nine cases of short circuits were also recorded in the city.
Meanwhile, owing the heavy rainfall, the water level rose in the Mithi and Oshiwara rivers on Monday. Following this, the BMC’s local ward office had kept back up arrangements for local communities living at the edge of the river, in a local municipal school and community hall to prevent accidents due to flash flooding.
The BMC’s M/East ward office also temporarily relocated residents living in landslide-prone areas of Cheeta Camp and Trombay to shelter homes.
The officials said that the residents were, however, sent back after the rainfall receded.
While waterlogging was located in several parts of Mumbai, civic officials maintained that all the pumping stations in more than 400 flooding spots were kept operational on Monday.
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