A 50-year-old man drowned in a flooded nullah in Vasai on Friday
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A 50-year-old man drowned in a flooded nullah in Vasai on Friday.
The District Disaster Management Cell chief Vivekanand Kadam told PTI that the victim, Shantaram Vayda, set out of his house to get some eatables.
"While walking on the road, he accidentally fell into the swollen nullah and got washed away," Kadam said.
He further added, "The local firemen later fished out his body. Police have registered a case of accidental death."
Kadam further said of the total 234 people lodged in transit camps in Vasai in view of the downpour, only 70 were left out now while others have returned to their homes.
Meanwhile, the civic authority also reported a house wall collapsed incident amid heavy rains in Vasai.
Following torrential rains, a wall of a house collapsed in the Bhimnagar area of Boisar town in the district in the early hours of Friday. "No casualty was reported in the incident," the official said.
"Fire brigade personnel later cleared the debris," he said.
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