Woman falls into Narhe stormwater channel, found dead in Warje nullah
Pune: Efforts of three passersby to rescue a woman who fell into a stormwater channel failed as she was swept away by water in an overflowing nullah near Navale Bridge in the Narhe area during the heavy rain on Thursday night.
After failing in their effort, one of them alerted the police control room about the accident. A fire brigade team found the body of the woman, Shobha Mahimane (64), on Friday following an over 15-hour search.
Pradip Khedekar, an official of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)'s fire brigade involved in the search, told TOI: "Her body was found near the Warje crematorium, where the nullah merges with the river, almost 4-5km from the accident spot.
Earlier in the day, we had found her footwear and clothes."
Rahul Khilare, inspector (Crime) at the Bharti Vidyapeeth police station, told TOI that the woman had arrived from Kolhapur with some relatives in a car after attending a wedding. She was dropped by the relatives at Narhe. They had told her to stay overnight in another relative's house in Katraj, instead of travelling all the way to Phursungi because of heavy rain.
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He said, "She was trying to cross the highway and reach the service road to find an autorickshaw when the accident occurred.
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Khilare said the police found her cellphone found near the stormwater channel. "We got her daughter's number from the phone. We called her daughter, informed her about the incident and ascertained the identity of the deceased."
A senior police officer said they have written to the National Highways Authority of India and PMC to cover the stormwater channels, which are almost 2-3ft deep, install signboards along the highway to ensure that commuters and pedestrians are alert, particularly when they are overflowing.
A senior police officer said they have written to the National Highways Authority of India and PMC to cover the stormwater channels, which are almost 2-3ft deep, install signboards along the highway to ensure that commuters and pedestrians are alert, particularly when they overflow.
The fire brigade department received over 20 emergency calls related to tree collapses during Thursday's rain and strong winds. In one such incident in Pashan, a tree fell on a multi-purpose vehicle, causing significant damage to the car.
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