Photos: At least 25 killed as rains trigger landslide, wall collapses in Mumbai
Published on Jul 18, 2021 04:10 PM IST
- At least 25 people were killed after several homes were crushed by a collapsed wall and a landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rain in India's financial capital Mumbai, authorities said on July 18. Mumbai, home to 20 million people, has been hit by downpours since July 17, with local transport services being occasionally affected.
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Commuters walk on waterlogged railway tracks following heavy rain, at Kurla in Mumbai on July 18. Several areas in the city have been flooded after heavy rainfall over the last 24 hours and suburban train services were also disrupted, crippling movement.(Kunal Patil / PTI)
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Firemen and rescue workers evacuate people after a wall collapsed on some shanties in Chembur's Bharat Nagar area due to a landslide, in Mumbai on July 18. Within the last 24 hours authorities have so far reported 11 incidents of houses or walls collapsing in the Mumbai area, Reuters reported.(Kunal Patil / PTI)
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A National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team inspects during a rescue operation after a wall collapsed in Chembur's Bharat Nagar due to a landslide, in Mumbai on July 18.(ANI)
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Rescuers look for survivors after a wall collapsed on several slums because of heavy rain in the Mahul area of Mumbai on July 18, At least 25 people have died in three suburbs due to houses collapsing after landslides triggered by heavy rain, Reuters reported.(Rajanish Kakade / AP)
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Waterlogged streets at Parel after heavy rains in Mumbai on July 18. Mumbai and the coast of Maharashtra are expected to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall in the next four days, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on July 18.(Shashank Parade / PTI)
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Vihar Lake seen overflowing following heavy rainfall, in Mumbai on July 18. A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) statement said Vihar Lake, with a storage capacity of 27,698 million litres, is the smallest of the water bodies that are part of the supply mechanism to the metropolis.(ANI)
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Waterlogging on a railway track due to heavy rain at Matunga area, in Mumbai on July 18. The BMC has also asked citizens to boil water before drinking as heavy rains over the last two days have led to flooding in the water purification complex at Bhandup.(PTI)
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