Rains pound Thane, Palghar; at least three dead

At least three deaths in rainrelated incidents were reported in Maharashtras Palghar district officials said on ThursdayHeavy rains pounded the coastal Palghar and Thane districts adjoining Mumbai during the night and on Thursday morning causing flooding and boulder crashes and disrupting train services Teams of the National Disaster Response Force NDRF were roped in to rescue hundreds of stranded people officials saidPalghar District Collector Dr Manik Gursal said there were several cases of house collapse roads and small bridges getting washed away and boulder crash Rama Thackeray 53 resident of DumadpadaKunje in Vikramgad tehsil was washed away in a flooded stream and the body was found later Darshana Dileep Dhutkar 50 resident of Sare Embur in Palghar tehsil was also washed away and drowned Gautam Shirish Dhanwa 18 resident of Maswan died of electric shock the collector saidIn Dahanu tehsil of Palghar district two buffaloes died of electric shock Gursal said In Jawhar tehsil ChoutachiwadiDhanoshiSakurPathrdiVanganpada road caved in and a bridge on the stretch was washed away At least 15 stranded persons were rescued at Chambarsheth In Wada tehsil a house collapsed in Kalamkhand At Borande 130 people were shifted to a Zilla Parishad ZP school and private housesAt Ambiste five families were shifted to a ZP school Eight families were shifted to a ZP school after the Shelte lake bund breached Three houses were damaged due to the floods following the breach the collector said In Mokhada 23 houses and a school were damaged while boulder crashes were reported at Sawarde Chintutara and KharegaonKhodalaA small bridge was washed away at Amle In Palghar tehsil eight houses were partly damaged while the Manor bridge went under water In Vasai tehsil UmgaonBhatne road caved in while ShiravaliMedaphata road went under water In Dahanu eight houses were damaged In Thane city the body of Jeevan Owhal 36 who had fallen into a swollen stream on July 17 was found in Vitawa creek an official saidAlso ReadMaha Rivers overflowing in Raigad Ratnagiri districts 3 drown CM takes stockThe Thane Disaster Response Force team rescued 10 people from the Idga slum colony in Bhiwandi who were stranded in floodwater In Bhatsai village which is located on a hillock stranded people could not come out and were shifted to a school in the locality she said A bridge at Sapgaon in Sahapur tehsil of Thane suffered extensive damage due to the heavy downpour tehsildar revenue officer Nilima Suryavanshi saidThe Modak Sagar dam in Sahapur started overflowing at 324 am on Thursday and two of its gates were opened to release water Some villages in the Sahapur tehsil were marooned Suryavanshi said adding that local authorities with the help of the NDRF rescued hundreds of people In Vashind near Sahapur flood waters entered a housing complex and its residents were shifted to a zilla parishad school with the help of the NDRFIn Cherpoli some stranded people were rescued with the help of boats In Bhiwandi tehsil stranded people were rescued with the help of NDRF in Padgha Kawad Ganesh Nagar and Khairpada tehsildar Adik Patil said A number of people were also rescued from flooded localities near the banks of the Kamwari river in Bhiwandi another official said In Badlapur Wangni 10 people and 70 animals were rescued from an ashramBesides people stranded in inundated areas of Kasara and Titwala in Thane district were also shifted to ZP schools Thanes regional disaster management cell chief Santosh Kadam said they received 34 calls about tree fall in the city but no one was injured in the incidents The NashikJawhar route was closed following a landslide The administration advised people to use the TrambakDeogaonKhodala routeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever