Tree Falling In Mumbai

Local train services between Kasara and Titwala stations in Maharashtra's Thane district adjoining Mumbai were suspended on Sunday morning following heavy rains and a tree fall, officials said.

A 70-year-old woman was killed and two others, including a woman and a three-year-old boy, were injured when a big branch of a tree fell on them in suburban Malad in Mumbai on Tuesday, civic officials said.

Heavy rains in several parts of Mumbai on Saturday led to the deaths of two persons who were washed away in a drain as well as traffic snarls, tree fall incidents and short circuits, civic and police officials said.

A 35-year-old man died when he fell from a two-storey building while trying to remove a mattress from a tree on Monday afternoon in suburban Santacruz, a police official said.

A gulmohar tree planted by Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray at Shivaji Park ground in central Mumbai fell due to heavy rains and gusty winds on Monday, a civic official said.

As Cyclone Tauktae battered Mumbai, flooding streets and uprooting poles, a woman holding an umbrella had a narrow escape when a tree fell right in front of her.

The municipal authorities in Mumbai have started cutting trees in Aarey Colony, where activists have been protesting against the move to raze the place to make way for a car shed of the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation.

Amid protests against the proposed felling of trees in Mumbai's Aarey Colony to make way for a Metro car shed, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said it is the government's land which does not fall under a forest area.

A 14-month-old child fell from his fourth-floor home in Mumbai on Thursday but survived and is being treated in hospital for serious injuries. His fall was interrupted by a tree. As little Atharva Barkade fell, he was caught in the branches of a tree right next to the building, which cushioned his fall and reduced the impact of what could have been...

A 45-year-old woman was killed in Mumbai today after a tree fell on her, an official of the BMC Disaster Control said.

In a freak mishap, a former Doordarshan anchor, who was taking a morning walk near a road close to her housing society, died after a coconut tree fell on her. The incident which took place on Thursday was captured by a CCTV camera installed at a nearby shop and the video went viral.

In an unfortunate incident, an advocate who was seriously injured after a tree fell on him in Naupada area died on Saturday evening, said police.

An application to cut the same tree, which fell on the woman, was filed this year in February.

A woman and her four-month-old child were crushed to death and ten others injured when a tree fell on their huts in Bhiwandi town of Thane district, fire officials said.

A Family had a lucky escape yesterday evening when the roots of a huge banyan tree gave way near Bharti Vidyapith road in Kothrud and came crashing down onto the roof of their car. Dada Jana Naiknavare, 50, was driving in his car past the tree around noon with his wife, daughter and 15-day-old grandson when the incident occurred.

Local train services between Kasara and Titwala stations in Maharashtra's Thane district adjoining Mumbai were suspended on Sunday morning following heavy rains and a tree fall, officials said.

A 70-year-old woman was killed and two others, including a woman and a three-year-old boy, were injured when a big branch of a tree fell on them in suburban Malad in Mumbai on Tuesday, civic officials said.

Heavy rains in several parts of Mumbai on Saturday led to the deaths of two persons who were washed away in a drain as well as traffic snarls, tree fall incidents and short circuits, civic and police officials said.

A 35-year-old man died when he fell from a two-storey building while trying to remove a mattress from a tree on Monday afternoon in suburban Santacruz, a police official said.

A gulmohar tree planted by Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray at Shivaji Park ground in central Mumbai fell due to heavy rains and gusty winds on Monday, a civic official said.

As Cyclone Tauktae battered Mumbai, flooding streets and uprooting poles, a woman holding an umbrella had a narrow escape when a tree fell right in front of her.

The municipal authorities in Mumbai have started cutting trees in Aarey Colony, where activists have been protesting against the move to raze the place to make way for a car shed of the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation.

Amid protests against the proposed felling of trees in Mumbai's Aarey Colony to make way for a Metro car shed, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said it is the government's land which does not fall under a forest area.

A 14-month-old child fell from his fourth-floor home in Mumbai on Thursday but survived and is being treated in hospital for serious injuries. His fall was interrupted by a tree. As little Atharva Barkade fell, he was caught in the branches of a tree right next to the building, which cushioned his fall and reduced the impact of what could have been...

A 45-year-old woman was killed in Mumbai today after a tree fell on her, an official of the BMC Disaster Control said.

In a freak mishap, a former Doordarshan anchor, who was taking a morning walk near a road close to her housing society, died after a coconut tree fell on her. The incident which took place on Thursday was captured by a CCTV camera installed at a nearby shop and the video went viral.

In an unfortunate incident, an advocate who was seriously injured after a tree fell on him in Naupada area died on Saturday evening, said police.

An application to cut the same tree, which fell on the woman, was filed this year in February.

A woman and her four-month-old child were crushed to death and ten others injured when a tree fell on their huts in Bhiwandi town of Thane district, fire officials said.

A Family had a lucky escape yesterday evening when the roots of a huge banyan tree gave way near Bharti Vidyapith road in Kothrud and came crashing down onto the roof of their car. Dada Jana Naiknavare, 50, was driving in his car past the tree around noon with his wife, daughter and 15-day-old grandson when the incident occurred.