Rains lash Mumbai, one dead in tree collapse; Andheri subway closed

TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ Heavy rains lashed Mumbai on Wednesday, forcing the closure of the busy Andheri subway, civic officials said. A tree collapse incident claimed a man’s life in suburban Malad, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a release. In the last 24 hours, there were 26 incidents of tree fall, 15 of short-circuit, and five incidents of collapse/partial collapse of houses in Mumbai, as per the civic body.

The India meteorological department has predicted more showers, with moderate to intense rain spells in isolated places.  There was no report of any major water-logging in low-lying areas, according to officials of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.

Suburban trains on the Central Railway and Western Railway routes were running normally, though they were delayed by a few minutes, as per railway officials.  A 38-year-old man, identified as Kaushal Doshi, received injuries in a tree fall incident at Mamledarwadi junction in the western suburb of Malad, a civic official said.

He was rushed to the civic-run Shatabdi Hospital where doctors declared him “brought dead’, the official said.  The island city, eastern and western suburbs received 12.44 mm, 42.41 mm and 40.46 mm rainfall respectively between 8 am to 12 noon on Wednesday, as per civic officials.