The monsoon onslaught continued for the third consecutive day in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) on Monday, as nine more persons were killed taking the toll in the rain-related incidents in Mumbai and other districts in the coastal Konkan region to 42.
A day after the 33 persons were killed in various rain-related incidents in Mumbai, the monsoon fury claimed nine more lives – including that of a five-member family – in the neighbouring Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts on the coastal Konkan region.
The Island city of Mumbai received a rainfall of 42.6 mm and 70.4 mm in the suburbs during 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Monday. Between 8.30 am and 6 pm on Monday, the Island city received a rainfall of 30.69, the eastern and western suburbs of the city recorded a rainfall of 47.82 mm and 61.36 mm respectively.
The Regional Meteorological Centre has forecast “moderate to heavy rain in city and suburbs with possibility of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places” for the next 24 hours.
With the rains having wreaked havoc in the region, the Konkan Railway cancelled, diverted or short-terminated several trains on the Mumbai-Kerala sector following the ingress of water and slush in the Old Goa Tunnel between Karmala-Thivim stations in Goa. The rain-related developments threw off the gear the operations of Konkan Railway on the both sides
The worst of the mishaps that took place on Monday was a landslide at Gorai Nagar’s Durga Chawl at Kalwa (east), a relatively small suburb located on the outskirts of Thane city, in which five members of a family were buried alive, while two persons were rescued from under the debris and rushed to nearby Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital at Thane.
In three other incidents reported from Thane district, a 4-year-old boy child fell accidentally into a swollen nallah at Nalasophara, while a four-year into an open drain at Mira Road and 16-year-old boy was drowned in Shahpur. In another reported from Palghar district, a youth was washed away by the flood waters in a local river in Palghar district.
Three occupants of a car had a miraculous escape when their vehicle was trapped in flood waters in Belapur town and swept off into a nearby lake nearby, from where they were rescued by the local fire brigade personnel. The rescuers also fished out the car from the lake using a crane. In Mumbai, five houses collapsed partially, while there were a dozen tree falls in various parts of the metropolis. There were eight incidents of short-circuit. However, there were injuries or injuries in these incidents.
A mudslide was reported from the picturesque hill station of Matheran located 83 km away from Mumbai. However, there were no casualties in the mishap.
On a day when water from several streams and rivers in coastal Konkan region flooded the roads, culverts and bridges, scores of villages were reported marooned. The power was disrupted in several of the towns and villages in coastal Konkan region
In Raigad district and adjoining Navi Mumbai township, the police and fire brigade personnel carried out two rescue operations -- one off the Pandavkada waterfall and another in the Kharghar hills, from where 116 revellers and picnickers were rescued.
Heavy inundation was reported from the powerloom town of Bhiwandi in Thane district, where the work at the looms and the ancillary units Bhiwandi is also home to the warehouses of the big e-commerce companies.
At Vasai in Palghar district, the road traffic was affected, while the Suncity Road that connects Vasai to Nalasopara was inundated.
Pen town in Raigad district, known as the town of artisans who make their living byh making Ganesh idols, was badly affected by the floods.
The twin townships of Kalyan-Dombivli suburbs and the neighbouring Ulhasnagar and Ambarnath townships reeled under heavy rainfall all through the day./ Earlier in the day, the five persons killed in the landline slide at Kalwa near Thane were indentified as Prabhu Sudam Yadav (45 yrs), Vidhavatidevi Prabhu Yadav (40), Ravikisan Yadav (F12), Simaran Yadav (10) and Ms. Sandhya Yadav (03).
The two persons whom the local fire brigade personnel rescued were identified as Preeti Yadav (5) and Achal Yadav (18), both of who are undergoing treatment at the nearby Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital at Thane (west).