Maharashtra: Teen dies of electrocution amid rains in Thane

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A 16-year-old boy died of electrocution after coming in contact with a live wire amid rains in Kalwa of Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Friday.

PTI reported that the incident took place in New Shivaji Nagar locality of the city around 8 pm on Thursday.

The victim Mandar Gouri suffered a severe electric shock when he came in contact with a live wire on the road and died on the spot, an official said, adding that the body was sent for post-mortem and a case of accidental death was registered.

Meanwhile, a 45-year-old man was swept away in a swollen nullah after slipping into it at Kalwa in Thane city of Maharashtra, police said on Friday.

The incident occurred at 11.30 pm on Thursday, they said.

"The victim, identified as Ramesh Taki, was walking in Mahatma Phule Nagar locality when he accidentally fell into the swollen nullah and got swept away," an official of Kalwa police station said.

A search operation was conducted by the personnel of the local fire brigade and the Thane civic body's Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC), but the victim could not be traced, he said.

Several nullahs in Thane were flooded due to incessant rains over the past few days.

RDMC chief Yasin Tadvi said that Thane city recorded 166.31 mm rainfall in 24 hour ending 8.30 a.m on Friday.

The city's total rainfall so far this season is 2,247.29 mm, he said, adding that during the same period the rainfall last year was 1,443.97 mm.

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Meanwhile, the authorities in neighbouring Palghar said the district received a total of 185.10 mm of average rainfall till 8 am in 24 hours.

The intensity of rainfall reduced in Mumbai on Friday with the city witnessing only occasional spells of moderate to heavy showers till noon.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has, however, predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in the city during the day, officials said.

Incessant rains over the past few days raised the aggregate water stock in seven lakes providing potable water to Mumbai as it reached 68 per cent on Friday morning. Of these seven lakes, four have overflowed so far, they said.

As the intensity of rain reduced, no major water-logging was reported anywhere in the metropolis, the officials said.

Some commuters complained that traffic on the Eastern as well as Western expressways was moving slow, but there was no issue on the Eastern Freeway connecting Chembur to south Mumbai.

The city traffic police said there was congestion on the Sion-Panvel highway in the morning after a chemical tanker overturned at Uran Phata in Navi Mumbai.

"There was no major waterlogging anywhere in the city as the intensity of rain reduced in the morning. Most parts of the city have been witnessing mostly light rain with occasional spells of heavy rain," a civic official said.

The IMD has issued a yellow alert, predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall in the city and suburbs with the possibility of extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places, he added.

There could be occasional gusty winds reaching 40-50 kmph as per the weather bureau's prediction, the official said.