Rains Declare 27 Lives In Three Western Maharashtra Districts

In Pune, 4 individuals died after getting swept away in a swollen stream. (FILE)

Pune:

Not less than 27 individuals have died in rain-related incidents in Solapur, Sangli and Pune districts of Western Maharashtra, officers mentioned on Thursday.

Over 20,000 individuals have been evacuated to safer locations in these three districts. State capital Mumbai too witnessed water-logging in lots of areas after in a single day rains on Thursday.

The districts in Western Maharashtra — Pune, Solapur, Sangli, Satara and Kolhapur — are witnessing heavy showers within the final two days.

“Complete 27 individuals have died because of rain-related incidents in Solapur, Sangli and Pune districts since Wednesday. 14 casualties are from Solapur district, 9 from Sangli and 4 from Pune district,” mentioned an official from the Pune divisional commissioner’s workplace.

In Solapur district, six individuals died in wall collapse within the temple city of Pandharpur on Wednesday, whereas remaining deaths too occured in rain-and flood-related incidents, he mentioned.

In Pune, 4 individuals died after getting swept away in a swollen stream at Khanota in Daund tehsil, whereas one particular person was nonetheless lacking. Rain-related accidents claimed 9 lives in Sangli district, the official added.

“As per the preliminary data, round 20,000 individuals have been shifted to safer locations in Solapur, Sangli and Pune,” he mentioned.

“Extra water is being launched from Ujani Dam into the Nira and Bhima rivers, in order a precaution, round 8,400 individuals residing alongside river banks within the Pandharpur tehsil have been shifted to safer locations,” mentioned Sachin Dhole, Sub-Divisional Officer, Solapur, earlier within the day.

In Pandharpur city, some 1,650 individuals have been shifted, he mentioned.

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Power (NDRF) have been hunted for the tehsil, Dhole knowledgeable. A number of low-lying areas in Pune skilled water-logging on Wednesday night time after heavy showers.

Based on the India Meteorological Division (IMD), Pune metropolis obtained 96 mm rainfall on Wednesday. Moreover, Kolhapur obtained 56 mm rainfall within the final 24 hours, an official from the district catastrophe cell mentioned.

Mumbai skilled heavy rains in a single day together with thunderstorm and lightning, inflicting water-logging in some low-lying areas, officers mentioned. However public transport companies remained unaffected within the metropolis.

The island metropolis obtained 106.01 mm rain within the 24-hour interval ending at 8 am on Thursday, adopted by 69.18 mm rain in jap suburbs and 58.36 mm in western suburbs throughout the identical interval, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC) official mentioned.

The IMD has issued a ”yellow” alert for Friday, forecasting heavy rain in Mumbai and its suburbs.

Heavy rains are anticipated over the ghat areas of Maharashtra, Konkan and south Gujarat throughout the subsequent two days, it mentioned.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray requested the state administration, Military, Navy and Air Power to be on excessive alert.

In a press release, the Chief Minister’s Workplace (CMO) mentioned that NDRF groups have been stationed in Osmanabad, Solapur, Pandharpur and Baramati.

Because of winds and cloudburst, heavy rains have lashed a number of districts, particularly Pune, Solapur, Osmanabad and Latur, the CMO mentioned.

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