Mumbai, June 30 -- Intense monsoon showers lashed Mumbai and several parts of Maharashtra, triggering widespread civic chaos, traffic disruptions, and a tragic casualty in the suburbs.

The heavy downpour led to multiple tree-falling incidents across the western suburbs, severely choking key arterial roads. An uprooted tree near the DN Nagar Metro Station damaged a transit bus and crushed nearby objects, halting local traffic.

On the Eastern Freeway, low visibility and slick conditions resulted in a two-vehicle collision on Tuesday morning.

Another massive tree fell across Swami Vivekananda (SV) Road in Andheri. Fire tenders and municipal workers equipped with mechanised tree-cutting machinery were deployed to clear the obstruction.

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