Nagpur: After a spell of heavy rain on Tuesday afternoon, the death of a 50-year-old man was reported from Timki area in Nagpur. Ashok Yerkhede, 50, died after sustaining injuries following a house collapse, said officials from the Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s Fire and Emergency Services Department.
The authorities also got calls about 10 trees being uprooted, a building slab caving in near Golibar Chowk and a compound wall collapsing in Mohan Nagar. Several roads and even government offices, including DCP (traffic) and NMC HQ, were submerged for two hours.
Apart from fallen trees in Seminary Hills, Ratan Colony, Chitnispura, RBI Colony, TV Tower area, Natraj Talkies, Chikhli Layout and Jaiprakash Nagar, there were emergency calls to attend broken branches on roads which disrupted traffic.
Deceased Ashok Yerkhede was residing in a house owned by one Gulabrao Gruhe. After it collapsed, he remained trapped in the debris and had to be rescued by firemen and residents. Tehsil police rushed Yerkhede to Mayo Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
No one was injured in the collapse of the eight-storey Casa Royale Apartments compound wall. However, it damaged an adjacent house. There were no injuries in the ceiling collapse too. Shoddy work by NMC’s Public Works Department created a sinkhole in front of a Boudha Vihar in Borgaon.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Nagpur recorded a temperature of 30.4 degrees. Akola was the hottest in Vidarbha at 34.6 degree Celsius and Gondia the coolest at 29.5 degrees Celsius. The temperature in other parts was Amravati 30.6 degree Celsius, Buldana 31.4 degree Celsius, Brahmapuri 33.4 degree Celsius, Gadchiroli 31.4 degree Celsius, Wardha 32.5 degree Celsius, Washim 32.6 degree Celsius and Yavatmal 32.7 degree Celsius.
