Heavy rains in Palghar; two washed away in flood waters, one injured in home collapse

By PTI

PALGHAR: Two individuals had been washed away in flood waters and one individual was injured after a portion of his home collapsed following heavy rains in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, officers stated on Thursday.

At least 32 homes had been additionally partially broken in several talukas of Palghar as a result of heavy showers, an official from the district administration stated.

The district acquired a median 89.27 mm downpour within the 24-hour interval ending at 10 am on Thursday, with Wada taluka receiving the utmost 135 mm rainfall.

A workforce of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) was stored on alert to offer help every time required, district catastrophe cell chief Vivekanand Kadam stated.

A 51-year-old man, Ramesh Janya Goshe, from Charoti in Dahanu taluka right here, was washed away within the flood waters on Thursday.

The physique was later recovered, an official from the district administration stated.

On Wednesday, the decomposed physique of a person was present in a swollen drain in in Madhuban locality of Vasai township, an official from the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation’s fireplace providers stated.

A police official stated they think that the deceased, recognized as Rahul Vishwakarma, who labored in a neighborhood manufacturing unit, might need slipped into the drain amid the heavy showers and received washed away.

As per a district administration official, a portion of a home collapsed at Vasuri in Vikramgad taluka on Thursday, injuring its resident Krishna Bhauji Bhoye (60).

The man has been hospitalised and is alleged to be steady, the official stated.

District Collector Dr Manik Gursal has instructed all sub-divisional officers and tehsildars to be on alert and take mandatory steps to offer help within the current state of affairs.