Thane: Man's body found in Waldhuni river near Ulhasnagar

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The body of a 28-year-old man from Ambernath who had been swept away in a flood was found near Ulhasnagar in Thane district on Saturday, civic officials told news agency PTI.

The deceased was identified as Rahil Shaikh.

He had been washed away in floodwaters on Wednesday, officials told PTI.

The body was found in Waldhuni river near Ulhasnagar. Police has recorded a case of accidental death.

Meanwhile, a 50-year-old man drowned in a flooded nullah on Friday evening in Vasai town of Maharashtra's Palghar district, while a house wall collapsed amid heavy rains in a separate incident, officials told PTI.

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 in heavy showers, he accidentally fell into the swollen nullah and got washed away, he said, adding local firemen later fished out his body.

Police have registered a case of accidental death.

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, but no casualty was reported, the official said.

Fire brigade personnel later cleared the debris, he said.

Kadam further said of the total 234 people lodged in transit camps in Vasai in view of downpour, only 70 were left out now while others have returned to their homes.

In another incident, a 11-year-old boy drowned in a dam in Virar of Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official from the fire brigade said on July 17.

The incident took place at Papadkhind dam, where a group of people went for an outing on July 16 evening, the official said.

Three boys in the age group of 10 to 11 years were playing in the water, when they were swept away, he said.

People nearby managed to rescue two of the boys, but were unable to save the third one, the official said.

The fire brigade rushed to the spot and fished out the body of Om Borade, he said, adding that a case of accidental death has been registered.

The district administration and police have issued warnings, asking people not to visit water bodies in the district to prevent such incidents. However, despite the advisory, people have been thronging such areas during monsoon.

(With inputs from PTI)