India, July 6 -- Days of incessant monsoon rain left a trail of destruction across Pune on Sunday, including the collapse of a parking shed, dozens of tree-fall incidents and damage to several vehicles, disrupting normal life. Yet, the same spell brought much-needed relief on the water front, significantly boosting storage in the four dams supplying the city, with reservoir levels rising from 17.47% to 19.63% in just nine hours.

The most significant rain-related incident occurred in the Jambulwadi lake area, where the compound wall of a housing society collapsed onto an iron parking shed, crushing 14 parked vehicles. In another incident at Wakdewadi, a large tree branch crashed onto moving vehicles, damaging several auto-rickshaws and fo...