Two women fall into open manhole as heavy rains lash mumbai
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Fortunately, they appeared to be unhurt and slowly moved away from the open manhole. The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation was slammed on social media for its negligence. Similarly,
Municipal Commissioner IS Chahal cracked the whip, ordering an urgent survey of all the drainage manholes across the city and repair or replacement of any broken, damaged or missing covers.
A team of civic workers this morning went and replaced the Bhandup manhole cover which had apparently been washed aside by the floodwaters, and almost trapped the two women. On 29 August
2017, the city was left in shock after a leading gastroenterologist of Bombay Hospital fell into an open manhole and his body was recovered from the Arabian Sea off Worli after several days.
Mumbai roads have an estimated 3,50,000 plus manhole or drain hole or gutter covers of which barely 1 percent have been fitted with an extra safety grill below to prevent humans or small
animals from being trapped or sucked inside.