MUMBAI, Jul 18 (NNN-PTI) – At least 15 people were killed and a few more were feared trapped, in two landslide incidents, in Mumbai’s suburbs this morning, following heavy rains in India’s financial capital.
According to the disaster management cell of the city’s civic authority, one of the incidents occurred in the Chembur suburb, at 6:30 a.m. local time, where a house wall collapsed, leading to 12 deaths. The other, in the Vikhroli suburb, claimed three lives.
Two injured people from the Chembur incident were treated and discharged from hospital, while five to six more people are feared trapped in the debris of a house that collapsed, in the Vikhroli area, a local official said.
Heavy rainfall were recorded last night and this morning in Mumbai, leading to waterlogging in parts of the city.
Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on a micro social blogging site said, “Saddened by the loss of lives, due to wall collapses in Chembur and Vikhroli in Mumbai. In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the bereaved families. Praying that those who are injured have a speedy recovery.”– NNN-PTI
