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Mumbai woman stands near manhole to save people

On: August 10, 2020

Mumbai, August 10, 2020: On a day when Mumbai was battling torrential rain, the highest in four decades, Kanta Murti Kalan stood for hours near an open manhole, on a waterlogged road, in Matunga. The 50-year-old woman was alerting people so that no one falls into the manhole. She wasContinue Reading

16 dead as Mumbai gets decade’s heaviest rain

By: Matters India

On: July 2, 2019

In: Top Story

Mumbai, July 2, 2019: At least 16 people were killed as heavy rain pounded Mumbai and its surrounding areas overnight, flooding the airport and paralysing local trains, the lifeline of India’s commercial capital. The city received the heaviest rain over a 24-hour period in a decade. The weather office hasContinue Reading