Heavy Rain In Thane, Palghar; Villages Marooned, Train Services Suspended

Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were roped in to rescue hundreds of stranded people, they said.

Heavy rains lashed Maharashtra's Thane and Palghar districts adjoining Mumbai during the night and on Thursday morning, which caused inundation and boulder crashes at various places, disrupted train services and marooned some villages, officials said. Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were roped in to rescue hundreds of stranded people, they said. Rail tracks at Umbermali station near Kasara were "submerged up to the platform level" and there were boulder crashes in the Ghat section. "Train services were suspended," district authorities said, adding that work to remove the boulders was underway.