Due to heavy rainfall on Wednesday, two on-duty Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) staffers died after falling in rainwater during heavy downpour at Goregaon in western suburbs. The incident took place at Siddharth Nagar in the evening.

The deceased were identified as Vijayendra Sardar Bagdi (36) and Jagdish Parmar (54). The duo who were employees of P/S Ward of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) fainted and collapsed in Goregaon on Wednesday evening. They were rushed to nearby hospitals but were later declared dead. Bagdi and Parmar were put on duty in heavy downpour, he said, adding further inquiry in the incident was underway.