Thane Feb 19 PTI A car being driven by a man allegedly under the influence of liquor rammed into a road divider on a flyover at Manpada junction in Maharashtras Thane city police said on Saturday The incident occurred around 1015 pm on Friday they said The man identified as Vijay Shetty 35 was on his way from Thane to Kasheli when the incident took place He was drunk due to which he lost control over the vehicle and it rammed into the road divider an official said The incident led to a traffic snarl but the route was soon cleared he said adding that Kapurbawdi police are taking action against the accused Avinash Sawant chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell RDMC of Thane civic body said that on being alerted about the incident local fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot for a rescue operation PTI COR NP NP
Thane Jan 28 PTI A furniture godown was gutted in a major fire at Kasheli in Bhiwandi tehsil of Maharashtras Thane district in the wee hours of Friday but nobody was injured in the incident an official said The fire broke out around 140 am at the godown located in Chamunda Compex he said Chief of the Thane civic bodys Regional Disaster Management Cell RDMC Santosh Kadam said that after being alerted two fire engines - one each of the Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal Corporation BNCMC and Thane Municipal Corporation TMC - along with a team of the RDMC rushed to the spot and launched a firefighting operation The cause of fire is being ascertained he said PTI COR NP NP
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], October 16 (ANI): A fire which broke out at a furniture godown in Kasheli locality of Bhiwandi, Thane on Friday has been doused after six hours of efforts by the fire department.
Thane Sep 23 PTI Action will be taken against road contractors for the death of people due to potholes here in Maharashtra a senior police official has said Roads in Kasheli Anjurphata Bhiwandi Mankoli and other areas in Thane district were riddled with potholes causing accidents and also leading to death of people at times Narpoli police stations senior inspector Maloji Shinde said in a release on Thursday To discuss the issue Deputy Commissioner of Police Zone-II Bhiwandi Yogesh Chavan held a meeting with government officials and political leaders concerned on Wednesday In the meeting Chavan said in case of death of people due to potholes offences will be registered against the road contractors concerned as per the release The senior police official also said he would soon meet the ministers and officials concerned to find out a solution to the problem of potholes and to ensure proper repair of bad roads During the meeting an executive engineer of the Public Works Department said potholes were being filled on a daily basis and a proposal was sent to the government for seeking its approval for the work of cementing such roads and to suspend toll collection on these roads Notably a 23-year-old man was killed after his motorcycle hit a pothole near Gaimukh toll booth on Ghodbunder Road in Thane city on Tuesday police earlier said On September 16 a woman and her son died on the spot after their motorcycle hit a pothole at Mankoli Naka on Mumbai-Nashik highway while they were returning home after offering prayers at the residence a relative during the Ganpati festival they said PTI COR GK GK
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