Navi Mumbai: Five picnickers rescued after being stranded for 4 hours

The officials on Tuesday said that five men who had gone to Pandavkada waterfall in adjoining Navi Mumbai a popular picnic spot were rescued by police and fire brigade personnel after they got stuck for more than four hours due to heavy rains reported news agency PTIThe incident occurred on Monday afternoon when a group of five men all from Sion Koliwada in central Mumbai had gone to visit the famous waterfall in Kharghar where entry of tourists is banned during the monsoon an official said reported PTIAmong the men some were collegegoing students he saidAs there was incessant rain in Mumbai and its adjoining areas the group decided to go for a picnic at the waterfall and climbed the Pandavkada hill from the driving range area All of them crossed the waterfall and went back side of it but were not able to return the official informed reported PTIMeanwhile the force of the waterfall increased after a downpour in the area due to which all got stuck at the spot he saidAfter some of them started yelling for help local residents alerted the Navi Mumbai police All the stranded persons were rescued by police and fire brigade personnel by around 4 pm the official addedFive die in rainrelated incidents in Marathwada downpour batters Latur cityMeanwhile four persons including two minors drowned in a nullah and a river while another man was electrocuted to death in separate incidents in Marathwada after heavy rains lashed parts of the central Maharashtra region on Tuesday a government official said reported PTIThe downpour caused flooding in Nanded and Beed districts besides some other pockets in Marathwada said the revenue department officialCloudburstlike intense rains hit the Hadgaon tehsil of the Nanded district Three people going home from their farm drowned in a flooded nullah at Varvat village under Hadgaon tehsil according to the officialThe bodies of the trio identified as Durga Balwant Shirke 10 Aruna Balwant Shirke 37 and Samiksha Vijay Shirke 7 were fished out later he said reported PTIIn the Takalgavhan area of Beed district a person named Dnyaneshwar Parade 37 drowned in a river In another incident a 40yearold man Arun Rathod died after receiving an electric shock the official said reported PTIMeanwhile a twohour spell of torrential rain on Tuesday afternoon wreaked havoc in Latur city also in Marathwada flooding streets homes and bringing daily life to a grinding halt Between 215 pm and 415 pm downpour lashed the city and surrounding tehsils turning roads into riversIn many parts of the city water levels rose dangerously and motorcycles were seen being swept away by strong currents while many cars stalled midstreet halfsubmerged in floodwatersWith inputs from PTIatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params