Thane: Monsoon-related incidents have claimed three lives and forced the evacuation of nearly 800 people across Thane district over the past week, while a lightning strike left two people injured in the latest weather-related incident, officials said on Thursday.
The district administration said in an official release that the fatalities include one person each from Thane city, Ambernath and Mira Bhayander.
A total of 11 people have been injured in various rain-related incidents this monsoon season, the official said.
A lightning strike injured two people, including a teenage girl, in Murbad taluka on Wednesday, said Tehsildar Abhijit Deshmukh. Both were rushed to the Tokawde Primary Health Centre and are reported to be out of danger, he said.
In separate incidents, two young boys drowned in a river and a nallah in Bhiwandi on July 5 and July 6, respectively. Search operations are under way to trace them, officials said.
Torrential downpours have caused widespread disruption, forcing emergency teams to rescue and evacuate 797 people from 229 families to safer locations, officials said.
The heavy rains also damaged infrastructure, with 136 houses collapsing partially or completely across the district. Five huts, two poultry farms, one community hall and an Anganwadi centre were also destroyed, officials added.
Authorities moved swiftly on Wednesday after hill torrents threatened to wash away the Adarsh Chawl locality in Kalwa, an official release said on Thursday.
A spot inspection showed that natural drainage channels and nallahs carrying stormwater down the hill had become severely choked with debris. This forced the rainwater to overflow into nearby residential units, it said.
“The Thane Municipal Corporation immediately deployed personnel to clear the choked nallahs, effectively restoring the natural flow of the hill torrents and safely diverting the water into the main city drainage network,” the release said.
The district administration said no structural collapses or loss of life were reported in the Adarsh Chawl incident, and no financial damage was recorded there.
