Monsoon: Building collapses in rain-hit Delhi, many dead, others feared trapped

India’s monsoon turned deadly on Tuesday, unleashing landslides, floods, building collapses and drowning incidents across several states.

In Kerala’s Wayanad, at least three people were killed, 10 injured and five remained missing after a landslide struck the Anakkampoyil-Kalladi-Meppadi tunnel project.

In Maharashtra, a landslide buried five houses in Ratnagiri, while heavy rain in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region claimed the lives of two boys in separate drowning incidents and injured two women after cement sheets collapsed in a public garden.

Gujarat continued to battle severe flooding, with five rain-related deaths reported over the past two days, including four electrocutions.

More than 2,100 people were shifted to relief shelters as several flood-hit areas remained submerged.

In Arunachal Pradesh, fresh spells of rain triggered flash floods and landslides, affecting thousands more residents as the total number of people impacted this monsoon crossed 94,000.

Meanwhile, heavy rain brought relief from the scorching heat across Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

However, the showers also caused widespread waterlogging, traffic snarls and infrastructure damage, including a cave-in on the Delhi-Jaipur Highway near Gurugram.

The India Meteorological Department has warned that rainfall activity is likely to intensify over the next three days, raising concerns over more floods and landslides.

India Today