Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar will be visiting all three districts to take a stock of the situation
Locals at the site after several people died in a landslide at Taliye village in Raigad district. Pic/PTI
Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, on Sunday, informed that the flood situation in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli districts is still critical and that he will be visiting all three districts to take a stock of the situation.
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The flood situation in Kolhapur, Satara and Sangli is still critical. I spoke to CM earlier today. I am going to Satara today and tomorrow I will go to Sangli and Kolhapur. We are constantly in touch with Raigad, Ratnagiri & Sindhudurg officials: Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar pic.twitter.com/oNCQOWj98A
— ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2021
He added that rescue operations are underway and around 1 lakh people from 6 affected districts have been evacuated.
The state govt stands with the people of all affected places. Rescue operations are underway. We have roped in all agencies to work. Around 1 lakh people from 6 affected districts have been evacuated. Rain has stopped but flooding is being reduced slowly: Maharashtra Deputy CM
— ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2021
Visuals from a flood-ravaged Sangli have been going viral on social media.
#WATCH | Maharashtra: Shops, cars and a police station partially submerged in water in Sangli, following incessant rain causing floods pic.twitter.com/uMq0H7q8Rr
— ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2021
Maharashtra: House partially submerged in floodwater in Kolhapur, near Pune-Kolhapur highway pic.twitter.com/fL8TNiRtVX
— ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2021
Earlier, the National Disaster Relief Force informed that eighty-nine bodies have been retrieved and 34 people are missing following landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in the coastal regions of Maharashtra.
SN Pradhan, the Director-General (DG) of the federal force tweeted the latest data of its operations being undertaken in the Raigad, Ratnagiri and Satara districts of the state. As per the data, NDRF rescuers have retrieved a total of 89 bodies from these areas, with the highest number of 47 being from the worst-hit Taliye village under Mahad tehsil of Raigad.
As per recent reports, a total of 37 people have died in Satara in various rain-related incidents. While 26 bodies have been recovered from five landslide locations - Ambeghar, Dhokawale, Mirgaon, Kahir (all villages in Patan tehsil) and Kondhawale village (Wai tehsil), the remaining casualties were attributed to rain-related mishaps, such as drowning in flood water, roof collapse and boulder crash, they said. "Search operation for at least nine persons is still on. While five of them are feared trapped in landslide incidents in Patan, two each were swept away in floodwater in Javali and Wai," Satara collector Shekhar Singh said.
A total of 37 people died in Satara district due to landslide, floods and other rain-related incidents. Five people are still missing and a search is still underway: Satara district administration
— ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2021
(File pic) pic.twitter.com/fhXkxpXUmD
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said a separate force on the lines of the NDRF will be set up in all districts of the state and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) will also be strengthened.
(With agency inputs)
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