AMN / PUNE
At least 15 people were killed this morning after a 60-ft-wall collapsed on an adjacent tin huts near talab masjid in Kondhwa area of Pune.
Some are still believed to be trapped and rescue operations are underway. The NDRF team has reached the accident spot. The number of people who have been injured in the incident is yet to be confirmed.
According to the fire department officials, deceased include nine men, one woman and four kids.
In Mumbai, three persons were killed and five injured in rain-related incidents yesterday in the first spell of heavy rains this monsoon.
Eight people were killed and five injured in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra on Friday where several parts were lashed by heavy rains. Mumbaikars woke up to heavy rains, ending a long dry spell, but a few hours of incessant showers left the financial capital struggling with familiar monsoon woes of waterlogging, delayed trains, traffic jams and choked drains.
Three persons died of electric shocks, while two others were injured in two separate incidents in the western suburbs, a spokesperson of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. The deceased were identified as Kashima Yudiyar (60), a resident of Andheri (East), Rajendra Yadav (60) and Sanjay Yadav (24) — both from Goregaon (East), the civic official said.
Two others suffered injuries in the Goregaon incident and were admitted to a local hospital, he said. Three persons were injured when a portion of a wall collapsed in Dadar (East) amid rains, he said, adding that they were admitted to the civic-run KEM Hospital. More rains have been forecast in the next 24 hours.
Suburban train services, considered Mumbai’s lifeline, were running late by 10 to 15 minutes, said Railway officials. Till 4 pm on June 28, the Colaba observatory had recorded 19.2 mm rain and the Santacruz observatory 138 mm rain, the BMC said.