The death toll in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra rose to 164 on Monday after the recovery of 11 more bodies
More than 10 million people in Maharashtra have been administered both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, an official said on Monday
Thackeray was to take a helicopter from Pune to Koynanagar and conduct an aerial survey of the affected areas.
The death toll in flood-ravaged Maharashtra shot up from 112 to 149 on Sunday while another 64 are still missing, the State Disaster Management Authority said.
Kolhapur division saw 1,963 cases during the day including 691 in the Sangli district
The death toll in the district is 8,494 and the recovery count stands at 3,92,173
So far, 50 people have also been injured in these incidents, the government said in a statement
A bridge on the Vashisthi river in Chiplun had earlier got damaged following heavy downpour.
As heavy rains lashed many parts of Maharashtra, IMD issued a red alert for five districts, two teams of BMC have left for Raigad and Kolhapur.
As many as 379 villages in this district in western Maharashtra were affected due to heavy rains and over 5,000 people were shifted to safer places
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has enhanced the number of its teams from 26 to 34 for undertaking rescue operations in the coastal areas of Maharashtra
The fatality count in rain-related incidents in Raigad district of Maharashtra reached 47 on Saturday, including 37 in the landslide at Taliye village, the state disaster management department said.
When heavy rains started pounding Ratnagiri district, little did Pragati Rane think that things could escalate to the level that she, her family would have to scale the sloped roofs of their houses
At least 20 people are feared trapped in landslides in two locations in the Patan tehsil of Western Maharashtra's Satara district which has been battered by rain, police said on Friday.
Thirty people have died in a landslide near a village in coastal Raigad district of Maharashtra, police said on Friday. The toll in the incident near Talai village in Mahad tehsil is likely to rise, police said, as many areas of Maharashtra continued to face rain fury since the past few days. "Thirty bodies have been recovered from the landslide spot. Locals say more people are feared trapped," and official said. A team of NDRF has reached Mahad, around 160 km from Mumbai, and another will reach there soon, the official said. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is reviewing the situation, he added.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday and took stock of the situation arising due to heavy rains and landslides
While local police have rescued two persons so far, reaching the village from outside is very difficult due to the floods, said district collector Nidhi Chaudhary
The rainfall was recorded between 8 am and 8 pm
So far, nine trains have been regulated due to disruption of services on the Konkan Railway (KR) route, meaning they have been either rerouted, short-terminated or cancelled, officials said