62yrold woman run over by train while crossing tracks at Nerul
A 62-year-old woman died when she was hit by a speeding train near Rajeev Gandhi flyover at Nerul on Monday.
The police said that Lalita Mulia, a resident of the area, was crossing the railway tracks when she was hit by a Cstbound train.
Mulia suffered severe injuries and she died on the spot. The railway police and local residents took her to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared her brought-dead.
“We identified the body from some documents she had in her bag and informed her family. Her body was handed over to them after a post mortem,” said a GRP official from Vashi.
He added that the railways had constructed a wall along the tracks to stop people from crossing them.
“Some people broke down the wall so that they have a shortcut,” the official said.
The Shiv Sena alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shaina NC’S NGO did not seek the permission of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) before inaugurating a sculpture near Mahalaxmi Racecourse on Monday.
Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao and Shaina NC, with Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan’s wife Gauri Khan, inaugurated a sculpture of a bull on the occasion of Maharashtra Day.
The sculpture was designed by artist Paresh Maity and conceptualised by Gauri Khan.
However, Sena leader Arun Dudhwadkar said the NGO ‘I requisite permissions from BMC.
“Their action is illegal because they did not seek any permission. The file is still lying unopened with the civic chief,” Dudhwadkar said.
Shaina NC rubbished the allegations saying that the sculpture was a tribute by Mumbaiites to the city.
She said, “Some people cannot see good work and just keep criticising.”
A senior civic official, who was present at the inaugural event, said, “Municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta had already given a go-ahead to the sculpture. He also wanted to attend the event but could not as he was on leave in that period. The installation very much abides
An 18-month-old girl survived a 12-foot fall from the window of her aunt’s third floor apartment in Vasai on Tuesday. The girl landed on the parapet on the second floor.
The girl slipped through a gap in the window grill while playing. The girl sustained minor injuries from the fall and was fine after receiving first aid.
Her parents could not pull her up and had to call the fire brigade to rescue the girl. The girl’s father too is a fireman and but was not home when the incident occurred.
The girl lives with her parents — Chetan Sawant, 32,and Snehal — in Ambiste village in Wada in Palghar and was visiting her aunt Archana Patil in Vasai.
She was standing on the rusted window grill and playing when she slipped through the gap and fell. The girl cried, and soon began walking on the parapet. Her mother heard her cries and rushed to the window but could not pull her up.
She told Sawant about the incident and he alerted his colleagues, who rushed to save his daughter. They climbed the to the second-floor window and rescued her.
Sanket Palande, one of the firemen who rescued the girl, said because most housing societies lack gardens, plants are placed on the window grills, which causes them to rust.
Palande added that one of the pots had been removed from the window, leaving a gap. “Flat owners should regularly check window grills. Once installed, people just forget to check the rust but they must keep in mind that the red oxide paint that is used to coat the iron grills to prevent rusting wears off after a few years. This weakens the grill and leads to such mishaps. People must re-paint grills and regularly check them for rust,” said Palande.