Maha: Traffic hit as boulder crashes on Mumbra bypass near Thane; no casualties

Traffic was affected on the same stretch on Tuesday after boulders crashed on the road.Between 9.30 am and 5.30 pm on Wednesday, Thane city received 148.57 mm of rainfall, of which 43.18 mm came in just three hours, they said.

Amid heavy rains in Maharashtra’s Thane area on Wednesday, vehicular traffic on the busy Mumbra bypass was disrupted after a boulder rolled down from a hill, the second such incident there in as many days, civic officials said. No one was injured in the incident, they said. The huge piece of rock crashed onto the road around 3.30 pm and brought along mud and stones, said the official from the disaster management cell of Thane Municipal Corporation.

Efforts are on to clear the carriageway, the official said. Traffic was affected on the same stretch on Tuesday after boulders crashed on the road.

Between 9.30 am and 5.30 pm on Wednesday, Thane city received 148.57 mm of rainfall, of which 43.18 mm came in just three hours, they said. The city has so far received 454.95 mm of rain this season, they said. At least 25 spots were waterlogged in the city, while more than a dozen trees fell. Four cars and two autorickshaws were damaged due to falling trees at two places, the official said.

In neighbouring Palghar district, heavy rains affected traffic on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway. Vehicles coming from Ahmedabad towards Mumbai got stranded at different locations on the arterial road, said officials.