Kolhapur flood: 51,000 affected

Kolhapur: The flood situation following incessant rains in western Maharashtra’s Kolhapur continued to remain grim on Wednesday, affecting nearly 51,000 people and 200 villages and submerging over 340 bridges, officials said. Five rescue teams of the Navy were mobilised to provide assistance to those affected by heavy rains in Kolhapur and Sangli. Chief Minister Devendra Fadna-vis reviewed the flood situation in various parts of the state and directed the authorities concerned to make adequate arrangements of food, drinking water for those affected. “Around 204 villages have been affected due to the floods. Total 11,000 families, comprising nearly 51,000 individuals, are affected and 15,000 people have been shifted to safer places,” Kolhapur’s resident deputy collector Sanjay Shinde said. (PTI)