Overview

• Teams from the NDRF 5th Battalion remained deployed across Beed, Dharashiv, Solapur and Ahilyanagar as heavy rain continued and operations carried into a second day.
• Officials reported 182 people rescued in Kapilapuri in Dharashiv, 82 in Solapur, 39 in Beed including a newborn and a woman, and 17 in Karjat tehsil of Ahilyanagar.
• Army aviation under the Southern Command evacuated 27 residents by helicopter from Lakhi in Paranda taluka after rooftop distress reports.
• With Manjara Dam in Beed at full capacity, 12 gates were opened, leading to downstream inundation and cutting off several villages, according to district officials.
• Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar reviewed the situation and directed immediate airlifts, while local reports noted several deaths and evolving tallies of evacuees.