Maharashtra:Round the clock rescue work in flood affected areas

With little respite from rain since last 24 hours, the situation in various parts of Maharshtra state is gradually limping back to normalcy. According to the latest reports, water has receded from Mahad city. It may be noted that the water level of Krishna river in Sangli has gone up to 54 feet because of which about 60 percent of the city is flooded. The NDRF has so far recovered six bodies from the area and search for four more are on.

As per state government figures updated till Saturday, the death toll from the torrential rains that battered Maharashtra's Pune and Konkan divisions, triggering landslides in some areas stands at 112, including 52 in the coastal Raigad district alone. NDRF rescuers have retrieved a total of 73 bodies from these areas with the highest number of 44 from the worst-hit Taliye village under Mahad tehsil of Raigad. 

While the search operation at Dhokawale was completed on Saturday night, NDRF teams are working together in evacuating villagers of Ambegaon and Chikhali villages which are on highway no 166 that connects Ratnagiri. Army, Navy & Air Force working round the clock in rescue, relief work in flood affected Maharashtra, Karnataka & Goa.