Maha: Heavy rains inundate parts of Thane, Palghar

Several low-lying areas of Thane and Palghar districts of Maharashtra were inundated as heavy rains continued to lash regions since Tuesday night, a district official said on Wednesday.

Teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been stationed at both Thane and Palghar to deal with any eventualities, NDRF commandant Rajendra Patil said.

As per reports from disaster control room at Palghar, talukas of Dahanu, Jawhar and Vikramg have experienced heavy downpour, while water-logging was witnessed in Vasai-Virar region.

However, rain-related casualties were reported in district, it was stated.

Meanwhile, several incidents of tree falling and cases of vehicle dam were reported in different parts of Thane district, said Santosh Kam, chief of Thane civic body's regional disaster manment cell.

Heavy rains caused nullahs in Thane, Kalyan and Bhiwandi cities to swell and flood low-lying areas, he said.

Apart from this, a compound wall of a hospital in Thane city's Owale area collapsed on a house, but casualties were reported in incident, Kam ded.

While Thane district received 66.8 mm rainfall from Tuesday night till 8 am on Wednesday, Palghar witnessed downpour of 265.44 mm in same period. 

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