Mumbai man dies falling into manhole, third rain-related incident
A few days after a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) worker fell into the manhole, another man fell into the manhole on Khairani Road near the
A few days after a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) worker fell into the manhole, another man fell into the manhole on Khairani Road near the Sanman Hotel in Mumbai’s Chandivali area, where the maintenance work is in progress. The man, identified as 55-year-old Aslam Esaf Shaikh, was taken to the Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar, where the doctors declared him brought dead.
Monsoon tracker LIVE According to the BMC official, the firemen rescued the person by ventilating the sewer line using an exhaust blower and a rescue van, a tripod and a rope ladder. Meanwhile, BMC has launched an investigation. As the monsoon hit Mumbai in the last week of June, the casualties in Mumbai were evident.
On Tuesday (June 30, 2026), an 11-year-old student died after a tree fell onto a school bus in Chembur, while a 51-year-old man was killed in the Walkeshwar area
after a portion of a third-floor balcony collapsed. In the last 24 hours, several areas in Mumbai have received 200 mm of rainfall, causing severe waterlogging and traffic disruptions.
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