Mumbai wakes up to rain and cooler weather on the first day of 2026
Mumbai started the New Year with rain and cooler temperatures. Showers across parts of the city led to travel disruptions, while air quality remained in the unhealthy range.
Three persons, including two minors, were on Tueasday killed in two house collapse incidents in suburban Vikroli in the wake of torrential rains that lashed the megapolis, police said.
In the first incident in the hilly Suryanagar area, a house at a higher level collapsed on one below, trapping a one-and-a-half-year-old infant, Nikhil, 40-year-old Suresh Arjun Prasad Mourya and Kiran Baby Pal (25), a senior police official said.
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They were taken to a nearby civic hospital where Nikhil and Mourya were declared dead before admission, the official said.
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At Varshanagar hill area of Vikroli Parksite, a protective wall collapsed on a house, killing two-year-old Kalyani Jangam on the spot, he said. Her parents Gopal Jangam (36) and Chhaya Jangam (30) suffered injuries.
They have been admitted to a hospital, the official said.
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