Sangli (Maharashtra) (2 MIN READ): A staggering 3.78 lakh people have been shifted to 432 temporary relief camps set up by the Maharashtra government in flood-hit Sangli, Kolhapur and Satara districts, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here on Saturday. “This year’s rainfall has been unprecedented and massive. In 2005, Sangli got 217 per cent of […]
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Watch: Maharashtra Minister Girish Mahajan takes selfies in flood-hit areas
Kolhapur (Maharashtra) (2 MIN READ): The deaths of 30 people in various flood-related incidents in Maharashtra in the past one week have not deterred the state’s Water Resources Minister Girish Mahajan from taking selfies during a tour of the affected regions, attracting widespread flak on Friday. Sporting a bright orange-and-black life-vest, Mahajan was aboard a […]
26 dead in flood-ravaged Kolhapur, Sangli: Devendra Fadnavis
Kolhapur/Sangli (Maharashtra) (2 MIN RAED): At least 23 people have been killed, including 14 in Kolhapur and 12 in Sangli as a rescue boat capsized, as rains wreaked massive havoc in these Maharashtra districts since the past over one week, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here on Thursday. Fadnavis was talking to reporters after an […]
75,000 flood-affected persons evacuated in Maharashtra
Mumbai (3 MIN READ): In one of the biggest operations, various government agencies and the armed forces have rescued and evacuated around 75,000 flood-affected people, including 66,000 from the worst affected Kolhapur and Sangli districts, officials said here on Wednesday. While more than 54,000 were shifted from Sangli, another 12,000 were moved from Kolhapur, 3,000 […]