Maharashtra’s chief minister Uddhav Thackeray today will visit the flood-affected area Mahad by helicopter from Mumbai. Sources said that he will also visit Taliye village. In Taliye 40 houses were buried due to landslides.
State’s relief and rehabilitation minister Vijay Wadettiwar has informed the press that at least 138 people have been killed and 89,333 have been displaced in Maharashtra in monsoon-related accidents after heavy rains lashed the state and triggered landslides. The state government has roped in the Indian army and navy to assist in ongoing rescue operations in flood-hit areas.
Raigad district collector Nidhi Chaudhary told ANI, “At one location, rescue operation still continues. According to officials and staff present at the spot, around 50 more people are feared trapped under the debris,” The India Air Force has deployed one C-17 Globemaster, two C-130 Super Hercules to ferry 170 personnel and 21 tonnes of load for Natural Disaster Relief Forces from Bhubaneswar to Pune, Ratnagiri and Goa in preparation for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, reported news agency ANI.
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