Heavy rains pounded Maharashtra’s Thane and Palghar districts on Wednesday, more than 250 residents from low-lying regions in Thane were relocated to safer areas after heavy rains caused water logging in various neighbourhoods.
Schools and colleges were closed in many parts of Palghar district in view of the heavy downpour. A number of rivers including the Ulhas (Thane), Amba, Savitri and Patalganga (in neighbouring Raigad) were in spate, they said. Some bridges on the Ulhas, Kalu and Murbadi rivers in Thane were inundated, the officials said.
As many as 200 families from Sonivali and Hendrepada in Badlapur town of Thane have been shifted to safer places following heavy downpour and flooding in those areas, District Information Officer Nandkumar Waghmare said. Around 60 families from Morya Nagar in Kalyan taluka and inmates of a senior citizens’ home in Ambarnath area of Thane were also shifted to safer places, he said.
A report from the Thane district headquarters said the Amba river in Nagotane, Savitri in Mahad, Patalganga in Lohap, and Ulhas river in Jambulpada have crossed the danger mark. The Kundalika river in Dolvahal, Ulhas in Badlapur, and Kalu in Titwala have crossed the warning level, it said.
Also, some bridges were inundated between Rayte and Dahagaon (over Ulhas river), on road leading to Chikle village (over Kalu river), and over the Murbadi river in Murbad, a district administration official said.