Man, girl feared dead after falling into nullahs amid heavy rains in Bhiwandi

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Two persons are feared dead in rain-related incidents in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district on Friday, civic officials said.

A man fell into a 'nullah' (major drain) in Kamba in Subhash Nagar at 5pm and a girl from Azmi Nagar in Diwanshah Dargah was swept away in another waterbody half an hour later, he said.

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"The two have not been traced as yet. Search operations are on at the two sites," he said.

There has been no rain-related injury to anyone in Palghar during the day, District Disaster Control official Vivekanand Kadam informed.

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