Face of Nation : MUMBAI:Two friends drowned inside a car in a north Mumbai suburb after it got stuck in an underpass last night as the whole area was ravaged by a record deluge. Irfan Khan,37, and Gulshad Shaikh, 38, were returning home late on Monday night when they failed to gauge the depth of the water in a heavily waterlogged underpass in Malad and drove in.
The Scorpio car they were in got stuck. As water entered the engine, the automatic doors got jammed and the men could not get out.
The families have demanded an explanation from the civic authorities and the police.
Nineteen other people have also died as heavy rain pounded Mumbai and its surrounding areas overnight, flooding the airport and paralysing local trains.
Last night, a Spicejet flight skidded while landing, forcing a shutdown on the airport’s main runway.
This was the heaviest rainfall since 2005 in a 24-hour period. The weather office has extended the rain alert till Friday.
The Navy, meanwhile, has deployed teams to help stranded people.
