The
Asian Age: Mumbai: Tuesday, June 04, 2019.
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RTI response by the Disaster Management Unit of the BMC has revealed that in
2018, a total of 10,068 disaster calls were reported in which 153 people died
and 599 were left injured. The disasters included fires, flooding, tree falls,
wall/building collapses and drowning among others. Activist Shakeel Ahmed had
filed the RTI.
In
its reply, the civic body specified that out of the 10,068 total disasters
recorded in the city, a majority were tree falls (3,169); followed by short
circuits/electrocution (2,146); fires (1,784); water logging (1,104);
building/wall collapses (619); and drowning (135) among others.
The
data stated that out of the total 153 deaths recorded due to various disasters
116 were male and 37 were female. While, of the total 599 injured, 383 were
male and 216 were female.
The
data also said that the maximum deaths were due to drowning in septic
tanks/nullahs/ sea (70) followed by fires (34), building/wall collapses (15),
electrocution (12), tree falls (6) and falling in gutters (6) among others.
Out
of the total injuries, the maximum people were injured in fires (297), followed
by short circuits (91), building/wall collapses (79), and tree falls (30).
Activist
Anil Galgali said, “Considering the high number of disaster calls and number of
people injured or killed, it can be said that the disaster management unit of
Mumbai is very prompt and has saved many lives and prevented an incident from
becoming a major one which could have ended many more lives. The teams are so
skilled that last monsoon in Nalasopara when rail services were hampered, the
Mumbai team was sent to bring back the system to normal”.
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