<span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met representatives of the World Bank (WB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Mumbai yesterday. Representatives of the WB and the ADB had recently visited the flood-affected areas of Sangli and Kolhapur districts. </span><br />''<br />''Due to heavy rainfall, several districts of Maharashtra witnessed devastating floods last month, with Sangli and Kolhapur becoming the worst-hit districts. Severe floods in the five districts of western Maharashtra had claimed the lives of over 60 people. <br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, after the meeting, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced that the state government would draft a sustainable rehabilitation plan for the flood-hit parts of the state with the help of the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). <br />''<br />''Chief secretary of state Ajoy Mehta also attended the meeting. The state had sought financial assistance of Rs 6,000 crore for carrying out the rehabilitation and relief works in the flood-hit regions.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The state government has already announced the implementation of Rs 16,000 crore water grid scheme for the Marathwada region, where a sizeable amount of water from western Maharashtra will be diverted to meet the irrigation and drinking water demands.</span><br />