India, July 6 -- As raging waters overflow in rivers amid heavy rainfall across Maharashtra, a 10-year-old boy was swept away by the Kamvari River in Thane's Bhiwandi on Monday, marking the second such incident within 24 hours.

On Sunday, a 17-year-old boy drowned in the same river after being swept away by strong currents.

Heavy rain pounded Thane, Mumbai and several other regions across Maharashtra as the India Meteorological Department issued a red alert for the day.

The incessant rainfall has also triggered several damaging incidents, with Thane's civic bodies recording 186 emergency complaints across the city. These included 110 tree collapses, 38 fallen branches, four instances of waterlogging, two compound wall collapses, and on...