Commuters, including childre, wade through ankle-deep water to board a BEST bus at King’s Circle on Wednesday. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

As people are forced to wade through waterlogged areas, it is likely that they are exposed to rat and dog urine, which helps the bacteria that causes the disease spread; symptoms are high fever, body ache

The ongoing spell of heavy rain that has resulted in waterlogging in several parts of the city could mean a spike in leptospirosis cases in the coming days, the BMC has said, urging citizens to take preventive steps. Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection. It spreads through the urine of dogs, rats and farm animals. Dr Nitin Karnik, professor and HoD of Medicine at Sion hospital, said they have been seeing at least two cases of leptospirosis, dengue, and malaria each day for the past three weeks. “We found that people are coming with complaints of high fever and loose motion which is unusual. Usually, people have red eyes, fever, and body ache and some develop jaundice and renal failure.”

 SUV swept away from flooded bridge, three dead, 3 missing

Meanwhile, three people are also missing. All passengers are residents of Madhya Pradesh, said police official

Three residents of Madhya Pradesh died and as many others are missing after their vehicle was swept away from a flooded bridge in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district, police said. The deceased were residents of Betul district in MP. The incident occurred in Nanda village under the Kelwad police station limits, some 40 km from the district headquarters, in the afternoon, an official said. “The SUV with eight passengers was crossing a bridge that did not have railings on either side. The water flowing above the bridge swept away the vehicle. While two passengers swam to safety, we have recovered bodies of three persons and three others are missing,” the official said. The deceased have been identified as Roshni Chaukidar (32), Darsh Chaukidar (10) and SUV driver Liladhar Hiware (38), all residents of Zingabai Takali. The missing persons are Madhukar Patil (65), his wife Nirmala (60) and Neemu Aatner (45), all hailing from Betul in neighbouring Madhya Pardesh. “The vehicle was going from Multai in Madhya Pradesh to Chhatrapur village in Nanda here. A team comprising police and fire brigade personnel is carrying out a search operation,” the Kelwad police station official said.

Lake levels highest in a decade

The lakes have filled up to this level in the shortest period. Modak Sagar lake, one of them, started overflowing around 1 pm on Wednesday

The incessant rain for the past two weeks has led to the largest water stock in the past 10 years for the city. The seven lakes that provide water to the city have more than 56 per cent of their stock as of July 13, which is more than double that it was in this period in the past two years and the most quantity by this date in 10 years. The lakes have filled up to this level in the shortest period. Modak Sagar lake, one of them, started overflowing around 1 pm on Wednesday. Heavy to very heavy rain spells have continued in and around Mumbai for the past two weeks. In the past decade, 2014 was the worst year in terms of insufficient rain. The stock was merely 6 per cent on July 13 and the city faced up to 30 per cent water cuts that year. This year, the stock is not only the largest in a decade but it accumulated in the shortest time. “Though the lakes are filling up fast, lake levels at the end of the rainy season are important. The lakes have to fill to 100 per cent of their capacities by September 30 for uninterrupted water supply till the arrival of the next monsoon,” said an official from the BMC.

गुजरात: बारिश से 24 घंटे में 14 की मौत, 4 जिलों में बारिश का हाई अलर्ट

गुजरात में लगातार 3 दिनों से हो रही बारिश की वजह से नवसारी, वलसाड, सूरत, नर्मदा, छोटा उदेयपुर, अहमदाबाद, सौराष्ट्र के गिर सोमनाथ, द्वारिका, राजकोट जैस शहरों में भारी दिक्कतों का सामना करना पड़ रहा है. बारिश के चलते 24 घंटे में 14 लोगों की मौत हो गई है.

गुजरात में बारिश और बाढ़ कहर ढा रही है. पिछले तीन दिन से बारिश से जनजीवन पूरी तरह अस्त-व्यस्त कर रखा है. राज्य में बारिश के चलते पिछले 24 घंटे में 14 लोगों की मौत हो गई है. अब तक 83 लोगों की जान गई है. मौसम विभाग ने नवसारी, वलसाड, गिर सोमनाथ और जूनागढ़ में बारिश का हाईअलर्ट जारी किया है. गुजरात में लगातार पिछले 3 दिनों से हो रही बारिश की वजह से नवसारी, वलसाड, सूरत, नर्मदा, छोटा उदेयपुर, अहमदाबाद, सौराष्ट्र के गिर सोमनाथ, द्वारिका, राजकोट जैसे शहरों में भारी दिक्कतों का सामना करना पड़ रहा है. दरअसल, गुजरात में बारिश के चलते पिछले 24 घंटे में 14 लोगों की मौत की खबर आई है. जबकि  इस पूरे सीजन की बारिश में 83 लोगों की मौत हुई है. वहीं, मवेशियों की बात की जाए तो 487 जानवरों की बारिश में बह जाने की वजह से मौत हुई है. बारिश के चलते प्रशासन ने नवसारी, वलसाड, कच्छ जिले के स्कूलों में छुट्टी कर दी है. वहीं, अब तक 30 हजार से भी ज्यादा लोगों को सुरक्षित स्थानों पर पहुंचा गया है. मौसम विभाग ने भी आने वाले 24 घंटे में नवसारी, वलसाड, सूरत, डांग, जूनागढ़ और गिर सोमनाथ जिले के लिए अलर्ट जारी किया है.

If elected president, will ensure CAA is not implemented: Yashwant Sinha

Interacting with opposition lawmakers of Assam, Sinha said the BJP-led government has not been able to implement the CAA so far as it was “foolishly drafted” in a hurry.

Opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday said that if he is elected, he will ensure that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is not implemented. Interacting with opposition lawmakers of Assam, Sinha said the BJP-led government has not been able to implement the CAA so far as it was “foolishly drafted” in a hurry. “Citizenship is a major issue for Assam, and the government wanted to bring in the Act across the country but has not been able to do so yet,” he said. “Earlier, the government gave the excuse of COVID, but even now they have not been able to implement it because it is an Act foolishly drafted in a hurry,” he added. Sinha alleged that the Constitution was in danger not from any outside force, but from those in power. “This presidential election is of special significance as it is a fight to save Constitution,” he asserted. “If I am in Rashtrapati Bhavan, I will ensure that CAA is not implemented,” he said. Sinha said he was compelled to leave the BJP in 2018 after realising that the present leadership has taken “a completely wrong” path. Later, speaking to reporters, he alleged that every institution of the country is being subverted by the ruling party and its government. “Agencies like the ED, CBI, Income Tax department and even the governor’s offices are being used to target opposition leaders, to engineer defections and topple opposition-run state governments,” he claimed. “The ruling party has embarked on an evil design to communally polarise India’s multi-faith society, and its agenda of one nation, one party, one ruler is meant to convert democratic India into an imitator of Communist China,” he said. Sinha said he was dismayed that NDA’s presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu has not addressed a press conference yet. “People do not know what she stands for. I have great personal regard for Droupadi Murmu, but this election is not about persons and their identities but about their commitment to Constitution,” he said. Sinha, a former Union minister, said he wanted to visit every Northeastern state, but due to time constraint, he was appealing to the lawmakers of those states from Guwahati to listen to their conscience and vote in a rational manner. Following the meeting, Rajya Sabha’s Independent MP Ajit Kumar Bhuyan said Sinha was most suited for the president’s post as he has a deep understanding of the country. MLA Akhil Gogoi said he has decided to support Sinha as the democracy is in grave danger.

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