Rain fury claims at least 30 lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray takes stock of situation

Heavy rains continued throughout Sunday in Mumbai with the IMD placing Mumbai under a red alert for the day “indicating heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated locations.”

New Delhi: At least 30 people died and several others were injured in rain-related incidents in Mumbai on Sunday (July 18, 2021) as incessant heavy downpour overnight during a major thunderstorm pummeled the city, causing severe water-logging and traffic disruptions, officials said. Over 19 people died in the Mahul area in suburban Chembur after a wall came crashing down on some houses located on a hillock following a landslide, said BMC on Sunday night. The retaining wall of the Bharatnagar locality collapsed at 1 am. Five people were injured and taken to nearby Rajawadi hospital, the civic body added. In another rain-related incident, ten hutment-dwellers died as six shanties collapsed after a landslide in suburban Vikhroli at 2.30 am. One person was injured in the incident who was discharged after treatment, the BMC said.