MUMBAI, Sept. 25 -- As the situation of flood continued to prevail over parts of Marathwada, and Solapur (western Maharashtra) and Jalgaon (north Maharashtra) districts, the death toll over the last three days reached 14, with six deaths reported in the last 24 hours. 5867 people were rescued and shifted to safe places over the last three days. On Wednesday, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, along with his deputies Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar visited the flood affected areas. While Fadnavis along with cabinet ministers, and Pawar visited villages in Solapur and Latur districts, Shinde reached Dharashiv to review the devastation. While he resisted classifying the situation as wet drought - a demand made by Opposition parties and farmers -- Fadnavis announced that the state had decided to relax a technical condition which is mandatory to allow compensation at times of floods. "Compensation is given when a certain area gets at least 65 mm rain in 24 hours. The government has asked administrative bodies to ignore the technicality and create a list of beneficiaries who have been affected by floods," said Fadnavis. "Incessant rain leading to flooding has damaged homes and crops of farmers. Flood waters have also destroyed fertile land. We are going to provide all concessions which farmers get during draught-like situations." The CM assured that the compensation would be dispatched before Diwali, underscoring that "there is no shortage of funds". Pawar asked administrative bodies to hasten the panchnama process with the help of drone cameras. Shinde and Pawar announced that their ministers and legislators will donate a month's salary to the CM Relief Fund to help distressed farmers. Through the tour, ministers faced farmers' anger, as the latter claimed that "no one from the state administration had visited the flood-affected areas in the first two days of rain". In Jalna, farmers surrounded agriculture minister Dattatrya Bharne, complaining that administrative officials were not conducting panchnamas accurately. Bharne pacified them, issuing orders to officials who were accompanying him. In Dharashiv, disaster management minister Girish Mahajan addressed a volley of complaints from farmers. Their first grievance was not being allowed to speak to Mahajan. Some of them claimed the minister was visiting only for photo ops. On other hand, social justice minister Sanjay Shirsat was criticised for visiting flood affected areas in Solapur district, only for an hour and purportedly spending six hours in meetings with local leaders of his party. Parts of Marathwada, and northern and western Maharashtra continued to be badly affected by heavy rains with Godavari, Sina, Ulpha, Ulka, Sindphana and Manjra rivers being in spate. Of the six people who died in the last 24 hours, two each were from Jalgaon, Dharashiv and Beed. According to the report from the relief and rehabilitation department submitted to state on Wednesday, 5,867 people from Dharashiv, Solapur, Beed, Parbhani, Ahilyanagar and Jalgaon were rescued and shifted to safer places in the last 3 days. "Composite details of the losses will be available only after the flood recedes," said an official from the relief and rehabilitation department. Pictures of deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde and his ministers on relief kits of essential commodities distributed among the flood-affected villagers kicked up a controversy, with the Opposition slamming them for using a grim situation for their own advertisement. "Flood is being used as an opportunity for publicity instead of helping the people," said Sanjay Raut, spokesperson for Shiv Sena (UBT). Shinde however defended his party leaders, saying "what was inside the kits is more important than the photos on them"....