<span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra's Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Union Minister Narayan Rane and Ramdas Athavale today visited flood affected Konkan Region in Maharashtra.<br />'' <br />'' The Chief Minister has assured that consolidated assistance will be provided to affected people.<br />'' <br />'' Union Minister Rane said that the benefits of various schemes of the central government will be provided to flood affected people.<br />'' <br />'' AIR correspondent reports, heavy floods in Maharashtra have affected around 2 lakh 30 thousand peoples in Konkan and West Maharashtra.<br />'' <br />'' Till date a total of 149 people are killed, 50 are injured and more than 64 people are still missing.<br />'' <br />'' Maximum deaths are reported in raigad district while more than 1 lakh 70 thousand people are evacuated in Sangli district. 25 teams of NDRF, 4 teams of SDRF, 5 teams of Navy, 2 teams of Coast guard and 3 teams of Army are working in relief and rescue operations.<br />'' <br />'' Teams of Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai Municipal corporations are helping in cleaning, sanitisation and normalising daily life of citizens. Floods are still reported in various parts of Kolhapur and Sangli.<br />'' <br />'' Traffic on various national and state highways connecting to kolhapur with Bengaluru, Belgaum, Sangli, Ratnagiri are still closed. Maharashtra's Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has announced that State disaster response force will be strengthened and set up in every district.<br />'' <br />'' Tomorrow he will visit flood affected districts of West Maharashtra Maharashtra. Union Minister Rane said, all possible help from the central government will be provided to flood affected peoples.<br />'' <br />''<br />''Landslide affected Taliye village citizens will get houses under PM Aawas Yojana.</span><br />
News On AIR | July 25, 2021 8:50 PM
Maharashtra's CM, Union Minister Narayan Rane & Ramdas Athavale visit flood hit Konkan Region