Two killed in landslip; heavy in a single day rains inundate elements of Mumbai, suburbs; native practice providers hit

Two individuals have been killed, and as many others sustained accidents in a landslip amid heavy rains within the japanese suburb of Vikhroli in Mumbai on Saturday (August 16, 2025), civic officers stated.

The incident occurred round 2.39 a.m. at Varsha Nagar in Vikhroli Parksite, which falls below the collector’s jurisdiction, they stated.

Soil and stones from a close-by hillock collapsed on a hut, injuring 4 individuals, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) stated.

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He stated the victims, who belong to at least one household, have been rushed to civic-run Rajawadi Hospital, the place docs declared two of them useless.

Emergency response groups, together with personnel from the hearth brigade, native police, and civic employees, have been instantly mobilised to the location, the official stated.

Shalu Mishra (19) and Suresh Mishra (50) died within the incident, whereas two others, Aarti Mishra (45) and Ruturaj Mishra (20), sustained accidents and their situation is alleged to be steady, he stated.

He added that different residents of the world have been shifted to safer areas.

Heavy downpour pummel Mumbai

Heavy downpour pummelled Mumbai and its suburbs, with some elements recording greater than 200 mm rainfall within the wee hours of Saturday (August 16, 2025), inundating low-lying areas and affecting the motion of native trains.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a pink alert, forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall within the metropolis for 2 days.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has appealed to residents to not step out unnecessarily.

The downpour started round 1 a.m. and continued into the early hours of the day, inflicting waterlogging in low-lying areas of the western and japanese suburbs, together with Vikhroli, Ghatkopar, Bhandup, Andheri, Kings Circle, Malad, and Goregaon, amongst others.

Mumbai’s suburban practice providers have been additionally affected because of water accumulation on tracks at a number of areas on the Central and Western Railway traces.

Tracks have been waterlogged at Dadar, Kurla, Sion, Chunabhatti, Tilak Nagar, amongst different railway stations within the morning, severely disrupting operations on the principle and harbour traces of the Central Railway and delaying trains on the Western Railway.

A spokesperson from the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) stated that bus operations have been additionally affected, as a number of buses diverted from waterlogged areas in Sion, Kings Circle, Aarey Colony, and Malad Subway, amongst others.

Civic officers stated pumping operations have been underway in a number of areas, and response groups had been deployed to handle complaints of waterlogging and tree falls.

According to the IMD, a number of elements of Mumbai recorded greater than 200 mm of rainfall between 8.30 am on Friday and 5.30 am on Saturday.

Vikhroli, within the japanese suburbs, recorded the very best rainfall at 248.5 mm, adopted by Santacruz with 232.5 mm, Sion with 221 mm, and Juhu with 208 mm.

The depth of rainfall was increased within the suburbs in comparison with south Mumbai, the place Colaba recorded simply 70 mm of rainfall throughout this era.