Maharashtra Mumbai Rains Highlights: Thane Pune Raigad Severe Waterlogging, Landslides, Disrupted Train Services

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So far in July, India has witnessed a large surplus of rainfall, while the normal rainfall in the first nine days of the month is 73.8 mm, the country as a whole has seen 101.9 mm of rainfall.

A team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Thursday recovered a body from the debris of a building that collapsed at a waste management plant in Pimpri Chinchwad near Pune, officials said.

Nine persons have been rescued so far in a multi-agency operation underway at the site, they said. A three-storey building located over a waste-to-energy plant at Moshi in the area collapsed after a huge mound of garbage crashed onto it on Wednesday afternoon, trapping around 18 individuals under the rubble.

(Source: PTI)

Rescue personnel carry out operations at the site where a three-storey administrative building collapsed at the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation's waste-to-energy plant in Moshi following heavy rainfall, in Pune. 

(Photo: PTI)

Two more persons have been rescued from the debris of a building that collapsed at a waste management plant in Pimpri Chinchwad near Pune, taking the total number of survivors to nine, officials said on Thursday.

A three-storey building located over a waste-to-energy plant at Moshi in the area collapsed after a huge mound of garbage crashed onto it on Wednesday afternoon with around 18 people trapped under the rubble.

Seven of the victims were pulled out of the debris hours after the accident.

Hundreds of gas cylinders found floating in Patalganga river after heavy rains in Raigad. District Collector Kishan Jawale has warned citizens against touching or collecting them.

Public transport services such as suburban local trains, Metro services and BEST buses are running smoothly, said officials. However, commuters complained that suburban trains are running 5-10 minutes late.

According to Western Railway officials, there is no waterlogging between Vasai Road and Virar, which had received intense rainfall over the past few days.

According to the BMC, the island city received an average rainfall of 14.21 mm in the 24-hour period ending at 8 am on Thursday, while the eastern suburbs recorded 39.37 mm and the western suburbs 28.85 mm.

There was a high tide of 3.49 metres at 7 am, and the next high tide is expected at 6.09 pm at 3.62 metres, while a low tide will occur at 12.29 pm at 2.32 metres, the civic body said.

The IMD has forecast a generally cloudy sky with intermittent light to moderate rainfall in the city and suburbs during the day. Heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places, accompanied by lightning, thunder and occasional gusty winds reaching speeds of 40-50 kmph, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

Tremors were felt in Nanded, Hingoli and Parbhani districts of Marathwada region in Maharashtra on Thursday, an official said. The tremors were recorded between 1.37 am and 3.23 am, the official said, adding they measured between 3.6 and 4.6 on the Richter scale.
 

Long-distance train services towards Gujarat remained disrupted due to waterlogging in the Vasai-Virar section in neighbouring Palghar district and at several locations in south Gujarat. Operations on the Mumbai–Pune route were also yet to be fully restored following landslides in the Bhor Ghat section on Monday.

Rain-related warnings in the state of Maharashtra on Thursday, July 9 by IMD. The warnings are issued based on the latest observations and numerical weather prediction model guidance available.

Train services between Neral and Karjat stations in the Raigad district remained suspended for nearly an hour after the overflowing Ulhas river caused waterlogging on tracks,

Heavy monsoon rains battered large parts of the country triggering flash floods and widespread disruption to rail and road traffic, with 11 people feared trapped under a collapsed garbage mound in Maharashtra's Pimpri Chinchwad