Thirteen persons have been killed in rain-related incidents in Mumbai and its surrounding regions in the past three to four days, PTI quoted Maharashtra Disaster Management Minister Girish Mahajan has having told the Legislative Council on Monday.
Mahajan said that the India Meteorological Department has issued a red alert warning of heavy rainfall in the next two days.
The minister made the statement a day after six persons were killed when a residential building collapsed in Mumbai’s Mankhurd area amid heavy rainfall, according to The Hindu. Two men were killed in other rain-related incidents earlier in the day.
Several persons had been trapped under the debris of the building in Mankhurd and were being rescued, The Indian Express reported.
The collapse occurred at 8.30 pm. While one person died on the spot, five succumbed to their injuries after being taken to hospital, the newspaper reported.
Five of the six persons killed were minors.
One person was injured but stable, The Hindu reported. The exact cause of the collapse was unclear.
This came hours after a 63-year-old man died in the city’s Kurla area when a tree collapsed on a shop amid heavy rainfall.
An 18-year-old man died after a tree branch fell on him, The New Indian Express reported. He was taken to hospital, where he was declared dead.
Heavy rainfall since Friday has disrupted normal life in the city, with several areas reporting…
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