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2 incidents of wall collapse reported in Thane amid rain, one injured
July 04, 2022

Two wall collapse incidents were reported in Thane city on Monday amid heavy rain, leaving one person injured, a civic official said. 

In the first incident, which took place in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, the compound wall of the MSRTC divisional office in Vandana collapsed on a nearby chawl, leaving one person with minor injuries and damage to two rooms, Thane Municipal Corporation regional disaster management cell chief Avinash Sawant said. 

"As a precautionary measure, the adjoining four rooms have been vacated and the occupants shifted elsewhere," he said. 

In the second incident, the compound wall of a chawl in Mumbra caved in at around 5:30pm on Monday, though no one was injured, he added. -- PTI
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