The Indian Meteorological Department has confirmed that the southwest monsoon has covered the entire state of Maharashtra.&nbsp;<br />''&nbsp;<br />''According to IMD Scientist K.S. Hosalikar, severe weather warning between 10 to 14 th June has been issued for Kokan and coastal areas of Mumbai region.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''In Raigad, Palghar and Ratnagiri districts, it has been raining heavily in some places for the last two days.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''The meteorological department has forecast heavy rains with winds of 12 to 20 kmph.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''AIR correspondent reports, Raigad District Collector Nidhi Chaudhary had instructed all the local administrators to remain vigilant.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''As a precautionary measure, 2 NDRF teams have arrived in the district from Pune today, one at Manor and the other at Vasai.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''The district received 60.4 mm of rainfall.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''Also in Pen Taluqa, a team led by Rajkumar of NRDF visited Pen Tehsildar Aruna Jadhav and got information about the affected villages.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''After that, along with Deputy Tehsildar, he visited Antore and Navghar villages of Pen.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''The team consists of 20 jawans including four female jawans.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''However, after the meteorological department warned of heavy rains in Ratnagiri district, as a precautionary measure, 2,500 people from Dapoli taluka will be shifted to safer places.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">This includes 1329 people from 280 families in 15 flood-prone villages and 1182 people from 313 families in eight flood-prone areas, said Dapoli tehsildar Vaishali Patil.</span><br />
News On AIR | June 11, 2021 9:46 AM
Southwest monsoon covers entire state of Maharashtra: IMD