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Ajit Pawar Orders Evacuations After Floods Trap 12 in Dharashiv

Fresh IMD alerts signal continued downpours across parts of Maharashtra.

Overview

  • Heavy rain flooded Sakhat village in Paranda taluka, isolating the area and leaving at least 12 people trapped.
  • Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar instructed the Dharashiv collector to rescue those stranded and move them to safer locations.
  • Pawar ordered NDRF deployment with helicopter support readied if required, with NDRF and SDRF teams kept on standby.
  • The IMD issued a yellow alert for Mumbai, Palghar and Thane, and orange alerts for Nashik, Jalgaon, Beed, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Ahilyanagar.
  • In Beed district, five local youths pulled a man with a disability from a swollen river as bridges were closed and rivers ran in spate.