Heavy rains claim four lives in Mumbai

Four persons were washed away in separate incidents in Mumbai following torrential rains since yesterday, the police said.
The incidents were reported from Dahisar, Kandivli, Malad and Dadar areas, a senior police official said.
While two were washed away in nullahs, one was washed away in a drain and the other was washed away during Ganesh idol immersion proceedings, he added.
In another incident, one person Rameshwar Tiwari was killed after the wall of a power sub-station fell on his house in Asalpha village in suburban Ghatkopar, police said.
His 35-year-old wife and nine-year-old son sustained injuries in the incident that took place in the early hours, they added.

Torrential rains pounded the metropolis throughout the day yesterday. The city gauged a whopping 298 mm of rainfall, the highest in a day in August since 1997.