Maharashtra Politics: Thackeray Group and Shinde Group have applied to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to hold Dussehra Mela. But BMC has taken the position of not allowing anyone from the Thackeray Group and Shinde Group to hold Dussehra Mela at Shivaji Park grounds.
Cyclone Tauktae Updates: Heavy rains with strong winds continue in Mumbai; waterlogging, tree collapse at several places
Mirror Online / Updated: May 17, 2021, 17:02 IST
Mumbai city,
Thane, and suburban areas on Monday received heavy rainfall along with gusty winds due to severe cyclonic storm Tauktae.
Cyclone Tauktae has now intensified into an extremely severe cyclonic storm . The city also reported over 150 incidents of tree collapse along with water logging. Major subways in Malad, Kandivali, Dahisar, Andheri and Santacruz were flooded and closed for traffic, while many lowlying areas were waterlogged.
The Bandra-Worli sea-link was closed for traffic in view of the strong winds and people were asked to take alternate routes.
Mankhurd scrapyard fire doused; one firefighter injured
Mirror Online / Updated: Feb 6, 2021, 12:41 IST
The fire at the
On Friday afternoon, a major fire broke out at the scrapyard in
Mandala, a slum-dominated area. The fire department identified it as a level-3 fire.
Fire officer Harish Nadkar (40) was injured during the operation to douse the fire. He was rushed to
Shatabdi Hospital at
Govandi. His condition has said to be stable.
As many as 19 fire tenders and 11 water tankers were deployed to the site as fire personnel continued to battle the blaze.
No causality has been reported in the incident, however, there is property damage.