Toddler injured after portion of ceiling plaster collapses in Thane building

A civic official said that a twoyearold boy was injured when a portion of the ceiling plaster fell on him in a Thane building in Maharashtras Thane district on Monday reported news agency PTIThe official said the incident occurred in a 40yearold Thane building in the Padval Nagar area of Wagle Estate in the early hours of the day reported PTILocal firefighters and the RDMC team rushed to the spot cleared the debris and removed the remaining portion of the ceiling Yasin Tadvi chief of the civic disaster management cell told PTIA portion of the ceiling plaster collapsed in a flat on the third floor of the Thane building and a toddler was injured he said reported PTIThe fourstorey building has been classified as dangerous the official saidIn another incident a portion of a threestorey building collapsed on Sunday morning on Kawda Lane in Thane though no one was injured in the incident as the structure was unoccupied a civic official said reported PTISome parts of the 90yearold building which the Thane Municipal Corporation had classified as C1 or most dangerous came crashing down at 1018am he said reported PTINo one was injured in the incident Firemen and civic personnel removed the debris and pulled down some other parts of the structure whose condition was precarious Engineers will assess the standing portion and take a call on its future TMC regional disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi informed reported PTIMeanwhile a bridge was washed away while 54 persons were rescued after their houses were inundated due to very heavy rains in Maharashtras Thane district in the last 24 hours officials said on Monday reported PTIAt least 275 houses in different areas suffered damages and around 20 vehicles were swept away following the heavy downpour on Sunday the district administration said in a releaseThe district received 65 mm rainfall on Sunday it said reported PTIThane city recorded 12087 mm rain in the 24hour period ending at 630 am on Monday local civic bodys disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said reported PTIThe city received 4598 mm of rain in just one hour between 330 am and 430 am on Monday he saidSince June 1 the city has so far received 85887 mm rainfall compared to 91790 mm in the same period last year he said reported PTIShahapur taluka in Thane district was the worst affected where a bridge on AsangaonMahuri road was washed away and the Barangi river in Gujrati Baug area was flooded the release said reported PTIFlood waters entered 70 houses in the area damaging various household items while 20 twowheelers and fourwheelers were washed away it said reported PTIIn Gotheghar area of Shahapur water entered Wafa Nursery area where 38 occupants of three houses were rescuedIn Vashind area 12 persons were rescued and shifted to safer places after 125 houses were inundated officials saidThe heavy downpour also led to washing away of soil by the side of railway tracks in AtgaonNearly 12 houses in Shahapur also partially collapse the officials saidIn Kalyan taluka five houses in Khadavali and three in Waveghar were affected due to flooding they said reported PTIIn Bhiwandi taluka water entered 40 houses in different houses and a kutcha mud house in Goutepada also suffered damage the officials saidWith inputs from PTI