Heavy rains cripple Thane, schools shut, office-goers stranded for hours

Thane | Monday | 9th July, 2018

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We alerted the parents of our students in the morning saying that the school would be shut due to heavy rains and water logging in and around the campus, said Asha Narayan, Principal of Lodha World School. A four-storey structure was evacuated late in the day after one of the pillars on the lower floors developed defects. It took me nearly 45 minutes from Teen Hath Naka till the Mulund toll naka due to traffic. The entire stretch is filled with potholes which all the more slowed down the vehicles. I reached an hour late.”The auto drivers took full advantage of the situation and were seen quoting random fares and not plying by the meters..