Overview

• Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, with deputies Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, submitted a memorandum to the home minister seeking maximum assistance from the NDRF.
• The state detailed relief of ₹4 lakh to families of the deceased, livestock and housing aid, and crop-compensation rates of ₹8,500 per hectare for rainfed, ₹17,000 for irrigated and ₹22,500 for perennial crops, plus erosion-related support.
• Damage assessments are underway with drone and mobile-photo evidence accepted to speed panchnamas, and leaders said assistance will be sent via DBT with disbursal targeted before Diwali.
• NDRF and the Army remain deployed for rescues in Marathwada, with authorities cautioning of further rainfall in some districts.
• Opposition parties and farmer groups are urging a wet-drought declaration, ₹50,000 per hectare or acre in direct aid and loan waivers, as the state cites ₹2,215 crore from the SDRF and ₹1,500 crore sanctioned for earlier losses in Marathwada.