Mumbai rains: Portion of building wall collapses in Marine Lines, no injuries

Amid heavy downpour across Mumbai, a portion of a building wall collapsed in city's Marine Lines area on Thursday midnight.  injuries have been reported so far. fire brige officials and police officers have reached spot. incident comes only a day after two people were injured after a portion of a house collapsed at Pavwala Street in Mumbai. Both injured were taken to a hospital. 

Meanwhile, Indian Metrological Department (IMD) has forecasted 'heavy rainfall' for Mumbai and its suburbs for next 18 hours, issuing an 'orange alert'. "Scattered heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated extremely heavy falls very likely to occur over Mumbai city, Thane, Raig and Ratnagiri districts during next 18 hours," said IMD in ir visory. 

"re is an influence of low-level cyclonic circulation over rth Konkan in lower tropospheric levels and an East-west shear zone along 18° at middle tropospheric level, Konkan area is experiencing active monsoon conditions with occurrence of heavy to very heavy rainfall at few places in Mumbai during past 24-hours," IMD ded. 

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Several incidents of building collapse reported

Two persons suffered mir injuries and five ors were rescued after a portion of an old three-storey building collapsed in Mumbai's Grant Ro area on Wednesday, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. incident occurred at around 1 pm, when it was raining heavily, it said.

wall of second and third floor of enwala building collapsed, following which two fire engines and an ambulance were rushed to spot for search and rescue operation, BMC said. Two persons injured in mishap were taken to nearby HN Reliance Hospital in a police van, while fire brige rescued five or people, BMC said.

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It is a cessed building of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHA), where 20 families resided when incident took place, it ded. BMC said that all families were rescued and being shifted to transit camps in western suburbs.

Meanwhile, three more incidents of house or wall collapse occurred in city, but body was reported injured in m, BMC said. civic body said that city also witnessed 24 incidents of tree fall and six of short circuits. 

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