Heavy rains continued to lash parts of Maharashtra, leading to the death of three persons in related incidents over the past 24 hours and the evacuation of 95 people from flooded places, the state government said on Tuesday.
Thirteen teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and three of the State Disaster Response Force were deployed in vulnerable districts of the state, a disaster management department report said.
Heavy rains and strong winds lashed Mumbai and suburbs on Tuesday morning and flooded many parts of the city within a couple of hours, throwing road traffic out of gear at some places, officials said.
The Met department has issued a red alert of extremely heavy rains at isolated places for Nashik, Palghar, and Pune districts for the next three days.
Schools and colleges remained closed in Nashik city on Tuesday following heavy rains over the last few days and people in flood-prone areas were asked to shift to safer places, officials said.
Nashik city received 97.4 mm rainfall in the 24 hours till 8.30 AM on Tuesday, but the rains later took a break, bringing some respite to residents, they said.
On Monday, very heavy rains were witnessed near the Saptashrungi temple in the district. Six devotees received minor injuries during flooding on the temple steps, authorities said.
Palghar district neighbouring Mumbai received 109.9 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 8:30 AM on Tuesday but there is no flooding. A team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been stationed in the Palghar district as a precautionary measure, the report said.
Thane district received 106.3 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8:30 AM on Tuesday but no river is flowing above the warning level. Two teams of NDRF are deployed in the Thane district, which is part of the coastal Konkan region.
A portion of a house collapsed in the Rabodi area of Thane on Tuesday, but no one was injured in the incident, a civic official said. PTI