The wall of the single-storeyed house located in Lokmanya-Savarkar Nagar area crashed at 1.58 am, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said
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The officials said that a wall of an unoccupied house collapsed in Maharashtra's Thane city in the wee hours of Monday, reported news agency PTI.
No casualty was reported, they said.
The wall of the single-storeyed house located in Lokmanya-Savarkar Nagar area crashed at 1.58 am, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said, reported PTI.
A local resident informed the disaster management control room about the incident, he said.
The house was nearly 20 years old and had been lying closed and unoccupied for the last seven to eight years, the official said, adding it was not listed among dangerous structures identified by the municipal corporation.
"The wall of the house has fallen and some part of the remaining house is in a dangerous condition," Tadvi said, reported PTI.
After being alerted, local police, the disaster management team, the fire brigade, civic and power officials reached the spot.
"For safety reasons, the area has been barricaded. The one side wall of the house had collapsed, and the remaining structure was assessed to be hazardous. The dangerous part of the structure was demolished using a JCB machine," the official said, reported PTI.
Authorities have urged residents to remain alert during the ongoing monsoon season and to report any signs of structural vulnerability in their neighbourhoods.
Thane: One killed as house collapses in heavy rain
In another incident, a 55-year-old man was killed when his house collapsed amid heavy rains and strong winds in Shahapur taluka of Thane district, officials said on Sunday, reported PTI.
Dunda Malhari Nimse was buried under the debris of the house in Alyani village on the morning of July 26. Police have registered a case of accidental death, reported PTI.
An official said the local administration is taking measures to ensure the safety of residents in vulnerable areas during the monsoon.
Thane district has received 699 mm of rainfall so far in July, including an average of 32.80 mm of rainfall on July 26, which is 86 per cent of the normal rainfall for this period, the official added, reported PTI.
He stated that the overall rainfall since the onset of monsoon in June stands at 1237.700 mm compared to 1485.400 mm of rainfall recorded during the same period last year.
"Although there is a shortfall compared to the previous year, the overall rain activity remains close to average in most parts of the district," the district administration stated, reported PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)
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