Thane: Three injured as restaurant roof collapses after heavy rains

Three persons were injured when the roof of a restaurant collapsed in Maharashtras Thane city following heavy rains civic officials told news agency PTI on SundayThe incident took place late Saturday night at the restaurant located on Ghodbunder Road Thane Municipal Corporations Disaster Control Cell chief Yasin Tadvi told PTITwo women and a man suffered injuries and were rushed to a nearby private hospital he saidThe city received 5890 mm of rainfall in the 12hour period ending at 830 am on Sunday the official told PTIThe total rainfall this year in the city has so far been recorded at 13976 mm compared to 17271 mm for the same period last year he saidMany localities in Ulhasnagar township were also affected due to the heavy downpour on Saturday as per Thane district authoritiesHeavy rains lashed Thane and neighbouring Palghar district on Saturday causing waterlogging in many lowlying areas officials earlier saidSeveral areas in Bhiwandi Kalyan and Badlapur in Thane district were inundated and people had to make their way through kneedeep water on Saturday eveningIn Thane city several areas were flooded but there were no reports of any mishap due to rains officials saidIn Vasai city in Palghar district the balcony of an old twostorey factory building collapsed at around 945 pm but no one was injured officials saidSome areas in Vasai were flooded according to the police control roomIn Thane incidents of the collapse of trees are reported according to Fire Brigade officialsThe roof of a house in Kasarvadavali in Thane city was ripped off due to heavy rains an official saidMeanwhile in a rare event the monsoon on Sunday covered both Delhi and Mumbai togetherWhile it hit the national capital two days earlier than scheduled its entry into the financial capital is two weeks late according to the India Meteorological Department IMDThe Southwest Monsoon has advanced over Mumbai and Delhi today June 25 the IMD saidNormally the rainbearing system reaches Kerala by June 1 Mumbai by June 11 and the national capital by June 27Although the monsoon has covered a significant portion of north India including Ladakh Himachal Pradesh Uttarakhand and a large part of Jammu and Kashmir on schedule or slightly ahead it is currently running 1012 days behind schedule for a considerable part of central India where a significant number of farmers heavily rely on itWith inputs from PTI