3 People Injured After Restaurant Roof Collapses Due to Heavy Rains in Thane

GG News Bureau

Thane, 25th June. Three people were injured after the roof of a restaurant collapsed in Thane city of Maharashtra following heavy rains.

The incident took place late Saturday night at the restaurant located on Ghodbunder Road, Thane Municipal Corporation’s Disaster Control Cell chief Yasin Tadvi said.

Two women and a man received injuries and rushed to a nearby private hospital, he said.

The city received 58.90 mm rainfall in the 12-hour period ending at 8.30 am on Sunday, the official said.

The total rainfall this year in the city has so far been recorded at 139.76 mm, compared to 172.71 mm for the same period last year, he said.

According to Thane district authorities, many localities in Ulhasnagar township were also impacted by the heavy rain on Saturday.

Heavy rains lashed Thane and neighbouring Palghar district on Saturday, causing water-logging in many low-lying areas, officials earlier said.

On Saturday evening, several areas in Thane district’s Bhiwandi, Kalyan, and Badlapur were inundated, forcing residents to wade through knee-deep water.