India News: Family on picnic at a waterfall swept away

Indore: Family on picnic swept away by wave

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Updated Jul 18, 2011 at 08:01am IST

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Indore: A picnic turned tragic for a family of five when a torrential wave caused by heavy rain swept them away at a waterfall in Patalpani in Indore.

While two of the family managed to swim to safety, three others including 22-year-old cousins Chhavi and Modita and Modita's father Chandrashekhar drowned to death as the wave swept them away while they were enjoying at a waterfall in Patalpani.


Locals and emergency teams recovered Chhavi's body after a three-hour long search, while efforts continued to trace the remaining two victims.


Meanwhile, heavy rains continued to lash the Konkan region too and Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Raigad, Kolhapur and Satara districts have been affected. This has prompted the railways to cancel several trains including the Mandovi Express, the Ernakulam Express, and the Madgaon-CSTM Janshatabdi.


In Mumbai, heavy rain and strong winds brought down an eight-storey building and uprooted several trees, including two near the Mantralaya late on Sunday night. Ten cars were crushed, leaving two women dead and two others seriously injured. 


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