19 killed as heavy rains lash M’rashtra

Pune: At least 19 persons have been killed and 11 missing in various rain-related incidents in Pune, Jalgaon and Nashik since late Wednesday, officials said here on Thursday.
According to the state and district disaster management authorities, at least five persons were washed away in flood waters in the Khed-Shivapur area on Pune-Bengaluru Highway. Three bodies were recovered from a well in the downstream region early today and a hunt is on for the others.
A building compound wall crashed in Arnyshwar Complex killing six more, while some others were feared trapped under the debris. While two bodies have been recovered, search is on for the remaining persons.
Caught in a thunderstorm, six people were killed as they took refuge under a tree in Jalgaon, a Maharashtra Disaster Control Authority official told IANS.
Two persons were found dead in cars that were washed away in the flood waters in Kondwa and Saswad areas.
An autorickshaw driver was killed due to electrocution in a flooded area of a village on the outskirts of Nashik today, police said.