Badlapur was the worst affected in this belt. Water levels reached upto the second story in many areas. Quite a number of people and animals lost their lives. Many escaped with their lives, but lost everything else. These are pictures of Badlapur during the flood (It took me much asking around and following up with people before I managed to acquire these. Many thanks to Girish Chandwadkar who finally found the pictures for me.) taken by Abhijit Pradhan. The pictures were taken using a camera phone. Hence the resolution is not sharp and the pictures are not of a high quality. But they still can give you a very good idea about what Badlapur experienced on that terrible Tuesday.
Click here for pictures of the flood in Dombivli.Click here for the Kalyan flood in pictures.
You will find my account of the flood in the Kalyan-Ambernath area here: Water, Water Everywhere - A View From the Kalyan-Ambernath Area: Tuesday, July 26 - Wednesday, August 03, 2005.
Posts about the impact of the cloudburst on Mumbai's transport system: here, here, and here.
2 comments:
I fully agree with Uday, Indian culture is still OK when it comes to help others in distress. Uday can u pls. adv. if the state govt. have repaired the dam( British era) collapsed in 2005. If still there is a chance of a similar situation in future in Badlapur west . If the state govt. have taken concrete steps to rectify the problem in permanent manner.
this time we can see if the new government can do the repairs and we don't get catch up in the same situation.
Flats in Badlapur
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