Heavy rainfall in Maharashtra’s Palghar and Thane districts has led to the closure of colleges on Friday and Saturday.
In no remedy from the incessant downpour, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued a ‘red’ alert for Maharashtra’s Thane, Raigad, Pune, and Palghar districts for Friday declaring “heavy to extraordinarily heavy rainfall is very likely” in the areas. The climate branch has additionally issued an ‘orange’ alert for components of Mumbai and its suburbs, and Ratnagiri.
The IMD in its bulletin said, “Heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated extraordinarily heavy falls is anticipated over Konkan and adjoining ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra at some point of the subsequent 4 to 5 days.”
In view of the heavy rainfall, Palghar collector Govind Bodke and Thane collector Ashok Shingare introduced the closure of all faculties on Friday and Saturday in each districts. Shingare additionally requested human beings to remain indoors and directed the civic and district equipment to be absolutely organized to grant alleviation to citizens.
Meanwhile, Mumbai has been witnessing heavy rainfall for a couple of days, but the depth has risen in the previous 2-3 days. More than one hundred nearby trains have been cancelled, whilst the metropolis noticed huge visitors jams.
Raigad landslide:
At least sixteen humans have been killed after a landslide struck a tribal hamlet in the Raigad district on Wednesday night time amid heavy rainfall. According to officials, as many as 21 human beings have been rescued from the site. Due to awful climate and a non-stop hazard of similarly landslides, the NDRF has known as off its operation for the day, and would resume the next day morning.
Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde visited the incident web page formerly in the day and took inventory of the situation. “As many as 103 human beings have been recognized who have been residing there. Some of them had been out for work in paddy fields and some adolescents had long gone to residential schools. Search for them is on,” he said.
This is the largest landslide in Maharashtra after the July 30, 2014 landslide at Malin village in Ambegaon tehsil of Pune district.