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Monsoon In India: 40-Foot-Long Wall Collapses In Vartak Nagar Area Of Thane, No Casualties Repo

June 26, 2023

A 40-foot-long wall collapsed behind Viviana Mall in Vartak Nagar area of Thane West in Maharashtra, Thane Municipal Corporation said, as reported by the news agency ANI on Monday. No injuries were reported, it said. In a rare event, the monsoon on Sunday covered both Delhi and Mumbai together. While it hit the national capital two days earlier than schedule, its entry into Mumbai is two weeks late, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Heavy rains affected vehicular movement on some roads in the city. Water-logging in areas like Malad and Andheri slowed down the traffic further.

Earlier on Sunday, the officials said that Mumbai and its suburbs received heavy rains in the last 24 hours, resulting in water-logging at various places and affecting vehicular movement on some roads, as reported by PTI.

The Colaba observatory, representative of the island city, recorded 86 mm rainfall in the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am on Sunday while the Santacruz weather station, representative of suburbs, registered 176.1 mm rainfall in the same period, as per the IMD. Mumbai is expected to received more showers during the day, an IMD official said.

The weather office said that the monsoon has hit the national capital two days before schedule, its entry into the financial capital is two weeks late. “It is the first time since June 21, 1961, that the monsoon arrived in Delhi and Mumbai at the same time,” said DS Pai, a senior scientist at the India Meteorological Department (IMD), as quoted by PTI.

The Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi’s primary weather station, logged 48.3 mm rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Sunday. The Dhansa weather station logged around 80 mm, Jafarpur and Lodi Road around 60 mm each, Ayanagar and Mungeshpur around 50 mm each and SPS Mayur Vihar 40 mm, according to the IMD.

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