Drain's safety wall collapses in Thane district; no injuries

Thane, Jul 1 (PTI) A portion of a drain's safety wall collapsed in Mumbra in Thane district on Tuesday afternoon, but no injuries were reported, civic officials said.

According to Yasin Tadvi, chief of the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), the incident was reported to them at 1.35 pm.

The information was provided by a junior engineer of the Public Works Department (PWD), who stated that the safety wall -- approximately 40 feet in length and 10 feet in height -- collapsed into the drain behind a famous bakery in Samrat Nagar.

Tadvi said teams from the Mumbra Ward Committee, including staff from the PWD and the Ward Committee's Disaster Management unit, promptly reached the site to assess the situation.

"No one was injured at the scene," he confirmed. PTI COR RSY