As many as 76 people died in various rain-related incidents, including multiple landslides and flooding, in Maharashtra in the past two days. The deceased included over 38 people who died in a landslide in a village in the coastal Raigad district’s Mahad tehsil on Thursday, a senior official informed. Official statement of the PMO reads: “As many as 76 people have died and 38 others have got injured in the floods that ravaged parts of Maharashtra, the state government said on Saturday.” The CMO statement said that as per the information received from the Relief and Rehabilitation Department, about 90,000 people have been evacuated so far in the state. Seventy-five animals have perished.
The National Disaster Response Force has enhanced the number of its teams from 18 to 26 for undertaking rescue operations in the coastal areas of Maharashtra that have been hit by heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides.
Parts of Raigad, Ratnagiri districts in the coastal Konkan region and Kolhapur district in western Maharashtra, have been worst affected by the floods. Besides that, heavy rains have been pounding parts of Satara district.
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