Maharashtra: Heavy rain claims two lives in Nashik
Nashik, Jun 9 (UNI) Pre-monsoon showers that lashed some parts of the district have claimed two lives at different places.
Heavy rain, accompanied by strong wind, battered the Nashik city and other parts of the district for second consecutive day on Saturday, in which two women lost their lives (one in Nashik and another in Yeola tehsil) in rain-related incidents, police said.
In an incident, 70-year-old Nasim Gulab Sheikh was killed when tin roof of her house collapsed on her due to heavy rain last evening at Mahbubnagar in Wadalagaon area of the Nashik city.
In another incident, 42-year-old Lata Ahire was seriously injured when a wall of the house collapsed on her due to heavy rain at Boargaon in Yeola tehsil of the district and she succumbed on the way to hospital.
Besides human casualty, two bullocks were killed after lightning struck them at Devdari village in Yeola tehsil.
Apart from that, two people -- Khandu Babu Pawar and Sunil Sonawane -- were injured when trees collapsed on them at Patoda village in Yeola tehsil. They are being treated in the rural hospital.
Due to heavy rains, more than 150 trees were uprooted in various parts of the city and its neighbouring areas, sources added.
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