The rituals were conducted on the banks of the Morbe Dam near Irshalwadi. The youngest one to conduct the ritual was a 12-year-old girl named Radhika who has two younger siblings and has lost her parents in the tragedy | Mumbai news
IMD has issued a Red alert for Palghar, and Raigad districts of Maharashtra for today, with an Orange alert for Thane, Mumbai and Ratnagiri. NDRF teams have been deployed and schools and colleges in affected districts have declared a holiday.
Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and adjoining Thane and Palghar districts on Wednesday, disrupting suburban rail traffic and causing water-logging in low-lying areas from where people were evacuated, while a 14-year-old girl drowned in a swollen drain.