4-Year-Old Boy Drowns After Flooding Due To Heavy Rain In Maharashtra

A four-year-old boy drowned after being swept away in a swollen drain in Thane's Ulhasnagar township on Sunday, an official at the police control said.

Heavy rains lashed Maharashtra's Thane and Palghar districts during the night and on Monday morning, causing flooding at several places and killing a boy, officials said. Thane city received 151.33 mm rain between 9.30 pm on Sunday and 7.30 am on Monday, an official from local civic control room said. The neighbouring Palghar district also witnessed heavy showers and received 108.67 mm downpour in the same period, authorities said. Firemen and disaster cell teams received several calls of tree falls and inundation in both the districts, officials said.