One killed in landslide in Maharashtra's Raigad as heavy rains lash district

Heavy rains continued in Mumbai and parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday. Pic/Shadab Khan

One person was killed after a landslide in Maharashtra's Raigad as heavy rains lashed the district on Tuesday, police said, reported the PTI.

According to the officials, amid heavy rains, a 75-year-old woman died after a landslide hit her house in Raigad district on Tuesday morning.

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The incident took place at Mithekhar village in Murud tehsil.

The deceased was identified as Vitha Motiram Gaikar.

Murud tehsildar reached the spot along with the local disaster management team and started a rescue operation, the official said.

The district administration has urged the residents of landslide-prone areas to take precautionary measures, he said, as per the PTI.

Parts of Maharashtra has been recently witnessing heavy rains. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'red alert' for Konkan region, including Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Palghar districts and adjoining ghat areas of central Maharashtra, warning of extremely heavy rainfall till Wednesday.

The IMD said that widespread rainfall was very likely over Konkan and Madhya Maharashtra's ghat regions, with heavy to very heavy showers at several places and isolated extremely heavy rainfall.

Heavy rains also battered Mumbai on Tuesday, flooding streets and severely disrupting road traffic and local train services, considered as the city's lifeline, officials said.

Nearly 350 persons from Kurla area were shifted to safer locations as the Mithi river, which runs through the city, swelled after torrential rains, Maharashtra Chief Minister's Office said.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde reviewed the situation and said the civic chief told him the city received nearly 200 mm rainfall in just six hours.

Schools, colleges, government and semi-government offices remained shut on Tuesday in view of a red alert issued by the weather department for Mumbai and the Bombay High Court functioned only till 12.30 pm due to the incessant rains which crippled normal life.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), in a statement, announced the closure as a precautionary measure, in view of the continuous heavy rains in the city and suburbs and the 'red alert' warning issued by the IMD.

The statement said the decision applies to all BMC offices and state-run establishments, excluding essential services.

(with PTI inputs)