4 dead, 9 injured in Palghar
PALGHAR: Four persons, including a 3-year-old boy, were killed and nine were injured during Cyclone Tauktae which wreaked havoc in Palghar and Vasai on Tuesday.
In the first incident, Siddharth Singh, 3, died on the spot when an overhead tin roof fell on him in his kutcha house in Pelhar, Nallasopara. In the second case, Alagprasad Yadav, a 41-yearold labourer, died when a few bricks fell on him from the fourth floor of an underconstruction building on Tuesday noon.
Meanwhile, Mohammed Alam Ansari, 51, died when a huge tree fell on the autorickshaw in which he was travelling. The auto driver suffered injuries and is being treated at a hospital.
In another case, Manoj Shivaji Pawar, 42, a MSEDCL lineman, died while repairing a technical fault of an electric pole in Sandor, Vasai on Tuesday. MSEDCL will pay compensation to the kin of the victim.
without maintaining minimum amount of decency,” he said. Meanwhile, CM Uddhav Thackeray is set to visit Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg on Friday and Saturday, while relief and rehabilitation minister Vijay Wadettiwar will tour five districts over the next four days. Patole too is visiting parts of Konkan on Thursday.
Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis is on three-day tour of Konkan. “Villagers in Raigad sustained huge losses. They have been complaining about not having received compensation for losses in Cyclone Nisarga. The state should announce a sizable relief to these residents,” he said.