Sunday, September 11 2005 16:23 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: Two persons died and four others injured as heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai for the third consecutive day today (Sept 11, 2005) even as the civic administration said it is on high alert in view of the heavy to very heavy rain or thundershowers predicted for Greater Mumbai.

A 32-year-old person was electrocuted at a Container Yard on Mulund Link road while a 12-year-old girl died and four others were injured in a landslide at Vikroli yesterday (Sept 10, 2005), fire brigade sources said here today.

No fresh casualties were reported today, they said. Heavy to very heavy rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at most places in Greater Mumbai and neighbouring Thane and Raigad districts, the meteorological department said in its forecast.

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation commissioner Johny Joseph today said the present weather conditions are likely to continue till tomorrow morning.

"The civic administration is on high alert and there is no cause for panic," he said.

Meanwhile, the suburban trains on the Central railway and western railway are running as per schedule, railway sources said.

The fresh spell of heavy rains since September nine has inundated several low lying areas, especially in the western suburbs, prompting the authorities to shift over 500 families to safer places in Kurla and Dahisar.