3K LPG cylinders swept away in rain

Navi Mumbai: Around 3,000 filled and empty LPG cylinders were swept away from an HP Gas bottling plant into the Patalganga river after heavy rain triggered flooding in a channel passing through the Rasayani industrial area, Raigad on Wednesday. Around 1,000 cylinders have been retrieved. The district administration urged residents to hand over any recovered cylinders to authorities.

Khalapur tahsildar Abhay Chavan said sudden flooding caused the incident. Umesh K Parida