First Dubai, then Soudi Arabia , then Delhi and now Mumbai. Mumbai will remember this day. Day of Massive Dust Storm with Blinding Rains.
NEW DELHI: Rains and gusty winds lashed parts of Mumbai and neighbouring metropolitan areas on Monday disrupting normal life and leaving several people injured in various incidents. Rains coupled with gusty winds were witnessed in the suburbs of Dadar, Kurla, Mahim, Ghatkopar, Mulund and Vikhroli, while parts of south Mumbai saw drizzles. The satellite towns of Thane, Ambernath, Badlapur, Kalyan and Ulhasnagar also received moderate showers with gusty winds.
At least 35 people were injured after an iron hoarding collapsed in Ghatkopar area of Mumbai, civic officials said. "Nearly 100 people are feared trapped," news agency PTI reported quoting officials said. The incident occurred at the Police Ground petrol pump along the Eastern Express Highway in Pantnagar.
In another incident, a lift of a car parking collapsed leaving several people injured. The car parking lift collapsed at Barkat Ali Naka in Wadala. Fire brigade and police helped with rescue operations on the spot. Some people suffered blunt trauma.
