Pune, August 7
Over 1.32 lakh people have been shifted to safer places in western Maharashtra with the flood situation remaining grim in Kolhapur and Sangli districts of the region on Wednesday following heavy rains.
Sixteen deaths in rain- and flood-related incidents have been reported from western Maharashtra in the last seven days, officials said.
In Kolhapur, water entered the collector's office, while the State Transport bus stand in Sangli was flooded. The road connectivity was severely hit between two district.
“In the Pune region (comprising districts of Pune, Satara, Solapur, Sangli and Kolhapur), so far 1.32 lakh people have been evacuated to safer places,” said Dr Deepak Mhaisekar, divisional commissioner, Pune. In Sangli and Kolhapur, over 53,000 and 51,000 people were evacuated, respectively, followed by 13,000 in Pune district.
“Teams of Territorial Army, Navy and National Disaster Response Force are conducting rescue operations in Kolhapur and Sangli and and six more NDRF teams will be airlifted to Kolhapur by Wednesday evening,” he said.
“All dams in the region are overflowing and the Met department has predicted continuous rains for the next three to four days. So if the catchment areas of dams receive more rain, possibility of more floods cannot be ruled out,” he added. — PTI
Rain fury in Karnataka too
Bengaluru: The flood situation in parts of Karnataka remained grim on Wednesday with nearly 26,000 people being evacuated and five people killed in rain-related incidents in the past three days, official sources said. Two people each have been killed in Belagavi and Uttar Kannada districts, and one in Shivamogga, taking the toll to five since Monday, the sources said. PTI
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