1 killed in landslide in Mumbai, Met warns of 'very heavy rainfall' over 48 hours

July 31, 2014 14:26

A six-year-old boy was today killed in a landslide at suburban Chembur in Mumbai, following heavy rainfall lashing the city for the last 48 hours, a civic official said. The boy, a resident of Mahul village near Vashi Naka in Chembur East, was killed this morning when the hut in which he was sleeping was destroyed in a landslide that occurred in the area, an official of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai said.

Meanwhile, a fresh alert of "very heavy rainfall" in the city during the next 48 hours has been issued by the India Meteorological Department's regional centre.

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