Mumbai: Over 100 persons were killed in rain-related incidents, including multiple landslides, in Maharashtra.
The deaths include 36 people who died in a landslide in the coastal Raigad district, about 70 km from state capital Mumbai.
Several districts in the state – primarily the Konkan region – have been receiving incessant rain over the past few days, leaving thousands stranded in floods and landslides.
Satara district in Western Maharashtra has also been battered by the rain and several people have been reportedly swept away by the floodwaters. The official put the death count in Satara at 27.
At least 84,452 people, including over 40,000 in Kolhapur district, were shifted to safer places in Western Maharashtra’s Pune division, officials said. At least 54 villages have been completed affected due to the floods while 821 were partially affected in Kolhapur where the Panchganga river is flowing at a level higher than that witnessed during the peak of floods in 2019, officials said.
Apart from the Raigad district, landslides were also reported in Ambeghar and Mirgaon villages in Satara during Thursday night.
Heavy rains since the last two days have caused massive floods in Raigad, Ratnagiri, Palghar, Thane, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Sangli and Satara districts.
The Maharashtra government has announced a compensation of Rs five lakh each to the families of those killed. The injured will be treated in hospitals at government expense, the statement from Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s office said.
