Incessant rains in Mumbai have led to the death of 22 people in two landslides on Saturday night. 17 people lost their lives in Chembur area and 5 in Vikhroli. 16 people have been rescued in Chembur accident. Five houses collapsed here. NDRF team is removing the debris.
The Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation has said that the death toll in the Chembur accident has risen to 17. Two injured have been discharged from the hospital after treatment. At the same time, DCP (Zone 7) Prashant Kadam said that 5 bodies have been recovered from the debris of the collapsed building in Vikhroli. 5-6 more people are feared trapped.
The place where the accident happened in Chembur has narrow lanes. It is also at some altitude. Due to this, the NDRF team found it difficult to reach there. The ambulance was parked just outside the settlement. Relief and rescue work is going on right now. The help of local people is also being taken in this. An eyewitness said that the accident happened on Saturday night at 12:30. Children were also buried in the rubble. We pulled out several people from the rubble and took the injured to the hospital by rickshaw.
It has been raining intermittently since Thursday night in Mumbai. Flood like situation prevails in Chembur, Kandivali, and Borivali East. The Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert regarding rain. It has been raining in many areas since Sunday morning. Moderate to heavy rain is possible here throughout the day.
Western Railway has said that due to heavy rains, water has accumulated on railway tracks in Mumbai and its adjoining areas. Due to this the movement of 17 trains has been affected. The work of removing water from the pump is going on in the waterlogged areas. Water flooded the rail track of Sion railway station. Today, movement from local will also be affected. At the same time, there was waterlogging at King Circle as well. Hanuman Nagar of Kandivali East is in bad condition due to heavy rains. Here the rainwater has reached the kitchens of the people. It has become difficult to live on the ground floor.
It is raining in many parts of the country these days. The IMD has forecast heavy rain at isolated places in the national capital Delhi on Sunday. Meteorologists have predicted partly cloudy sky with light rain or thundershowers in the evening. The city received its first rain of monsoon on Tuesday. Monsoon normally arrives in the national capital by June 27 but this time it is 16 days late.
