In yet another shocking incident, Dilip Lande, Shiv Sena MLA from Chandivali in Mumbai, made a contractor sit on a pile of garbage after he failed to carry out the work properly.
Lande and his supporters forced the contractor to sit on the waterlogged street and asked a worker to dump garbage on him. The video of the incident was recorded and now it is viral on social media.
Watch the video here:
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When MLA was asked about his action, he said, “It was this contractor’s job to clear that garbage which he didn’t do. This was resulting in waterlogging and was causing a lot of trouble to the local people. I did this because the contractor did not do his job properly.”
Meanwhile, this act of the MLA has not gone down well with the netizens. People were seen lashing out at MLA over his arrogant attitude towards the contractor. The video is being widely shared and received backlash. Besides, people also said that the act is nothing but misuse of power and position.
Mumbai has been witnessing heavy rainfall for the past three days due to which waterlogging can be seen in many areas of the city. This heavy rain and thunderstorm have resulted in the disruption of train and bus services.
Several buses and trains were diverted from their original route because of the heavy rainfall and waterlogging in many areas. A Central Railway spokesperson said that the suburban train services between Dadar and Kurla had been suspended for some time as the water level has risen above the track level.
The official said, “Due to more than 61.21 mm rainfall in one hour, coupled with a high tide of 4.34 meters at 1.32 pm and closing of Mithi river floodgates, the water level rose on track between Kurla and Sion.”
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As per BMC officials, five incidents of house collapse and nine of short circuits were reported till 6 pm.
Meanwhile, The Indian Meteorological Department downgraded the ‘red alert’ warning to an ‘orange alert’ warning. But the department expects rainfall till Tuesday.