At least 10 dead across state
MUMBAI, Sept. 29 -- At least 10 people died in rain-related incidents across Maharashtra over 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. According to the state disaster management department and other officials, four persons lost their lives in Nashik district, including three due to a house collapse, two each in Dharashiv and Ahilyanagar, and one each in Jalna and Yavatmal.
Till Sunday evening, over 11,000 people in the state were shifted to safer locations. Of these, 7,761 people were from flood-hit Marathwada, where seven deaths were reported. NDRF teams evacuated over 25 people in Vaijapur and Gangapur in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar on Sunday evening.
In Beed, the National Disaster Relief Force rescued 12 persons who were stranded at a temple in Sangvi village while around 12 villagers were airlifted by helicopter in Ahilyanagar district. In Solapur, 4,002 people were rescued from the floods, and a total of 6,500 people took shelter in relief camps.
The most affected districts were Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Ahilyanagar and Nashik, which received 110.3 mm, 81.8 mm and 76.6 mm of rainfall respectively.
Due to heavy rains in the catchment areas of dams, the authorities began discharging water from major dams such as Jayakwadi, Koyana, Gosikhurd, Gangapur, Ujani and Bhatsa into the rivers. This resulted in floods along the banks, and residents here were put on high alert. In Nashik district, the release of water from the Gangapur dam into the Godavari river resulted in a flood situation in Nashik city, with water entering residential areas along the Godavari banks. Parts of Shirdi city also got submerged.
Jitendra Papalkar, divisional commissioner of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, said that in the wake of the discharge from Jayakwadi Dam, alerts had been sounded. "The inflow of water in the dam increased owing to heavy rainfall in Ahilyanagar on Saturday, and the discharge is expected to increase substantially," he said. "We have asked the Beed administration to evacuate people to safer places."
"Many state highway and district roads connecting to other districts in Dharashiv are submerged and have been shut down to vehicular traffic. Similarly in Latur, a few district roads in Ahmedur were shut," said officials from the collectorates of these two districts.
The agriculture department has estimated crop loss on 3.791 million hectares of land so far....
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