Three dead, five injured as heavy rains lash Mumbai

Mumbai: Three persons were killed and five injured in rain-related incidents on Friday in Mumbai, which was lashed by the first spell of heavy rains this monsoon that marked its most delayed arrival in the city in 45 years, officials said.

Mumbaikars woke up to heavy rains, ending a long dry spell, but a few hours of incessant showers left the financial capital struggling with the familiar monsoon woes of waterlogging, delayed trains, traffic jams and choked drains.

Three persons died of electric shocks, while two others were injured in two separate incidents in the western suburbs, a spokesperson of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

Two others suffered injuries in the Goregaon incident and were admitted to a local hospital, he said.

The police were inquiring into the Goregaon electrocution incident, he added.

Three persons were injured when a portion of a wall collapsed in Dadar (East), he said, adding that they were admitted to the civic-run KEM Hospital.

Waterlogging was reported from areas like Dadar, Wadala, Worli, Kurla, Chembur, Bandra, Andheri, Kandivili, Vikhroli, Kanjurmarg and Bhandup, among others.

Responding to the reports of waterlogging, the BMC said pumping out water will take time because of high tide in the Arabian Sea.

The BMC appealed to the citizens to avoid driving in the waterlogged areas.