The incident occurred on Monday afternoon, when a group of five men, all from Sion Koliwada in central Mumbai, had gone to visit the famous waterfall in Kharghar, where entry of tourists is banned during the monsoon
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The officials on Tuesday said that five men, who had gone to Pandavkada waterfall in adjoining Navi Mumbai, a popular picnic spot, were rescued by police and fire brigade personnel after they got stuck for more than four hours due to heavy rains, reported news agency PTI.
The incident occurred on Monday afternoon, when a group of five men, all from Sion Koliwada in central Mumbai, had gone to visit the famous waterfall in Kharghar, where entry of tourists is banned during the monsoon, an official said, reported PTI.
Among the men, some were college-going students, he said.
As there was incessant rain in Mumbai and its adjoining areas, the group decided to go for a picnic at the waterfall and climbed the Pandavkada hill from the driving range area. All of them crossed the waterfall and went back side of it, but were not able to return, the official informed, reported PTI.
Meanwhile, the force of the waterfall increased after a downpour in the area due to which all got stuck at the spot, he said.
After some of them started yelling for help, local residents alerted the Navi Mumbai police. All the stranded persons were rescued by police and fire brigade personnel by around 4 pm, the official added.
Five die in rain-related incidents in Marathwada; downpour batters Latur city
Meanwhile, four persons, including two minors, drowned in a nullah and a river, while another man was electrocuted to death in separate incidents in Marathwada after heavy rains lashed parts of the central Maharashtra region on Tuesday, a government official said, reported PTI.
The downpour caused flooding in Nanded and Beed districts besides some other pockets in Marathwada, said the revenue department official.
Cloudburst-like intense rains hit the Hadgaon tehsil of the Nanded district. Three people going home from their farm drowned in a flooded nullah at Varvat village under Hadgaon tehsil, according to the official.
The bodies of the trio -- identified as Durga Balwant Shirke (10), Aruna Balwant Shirke (37) and Samiksha Vijay Shirke (7) -- were fished out later, he said, reported PTI.
In the Takalgavhan area of Beed district, a person named Dnyaneshwar Parade (37) drowned in a river. In another incident, a 40-year-old man, Arun Rathod, died after receiving an electric shock, the official said, reported PTI.
Meanwhile, a two-hour spell of torrential rain on Tuesday afternoon wreaked havoc in Latur city, also in Marathwada, flooding streets, homes, and bringing daily life to a grinding halt. Between 2:15 pm and 4:15 pm, downpour lashed the city and surrounding tehsils, turning roads into rivers.
In many parts of the city, water levels rose dangerously and motorcycles were seen being swept away by strong currents, while many cars stalled mid-street, half-submerged in floodwaters.
(With inputs from PTI)
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