The rain-flood toll in Maharashtra climbed further to 209 on Tuesday, even as 43 roads in various rain-flood ravaged areas of Maharashtra remained submerged in water and the number of people evacuated went up to 4,34,185.
Seventeen more bodies were recovered during the day, taking the total number of people killed in the rain-related mishaps to 209.
Raigad accounted for a maximum of 95 deaths, while there were 45 deaths in Satara district of western Maharashtra. The death tally in other places comprised: Ratnagiri-35, Thane-14, Kolhapur-7, Mumbai-4, Pune-3, Sindhdurg, Wardha and Akola-2 each. The authorities pegged the number of injuries at 50, while eight persons were still reported missing.
Though there was let up in the rains, as many as 19 -- 16 teams belonging to the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and three belonging to the Indian Army – continued with their rescue and operations in various parts of the coastal Konkan region and western Maharashtra.
Till Tuesday evening, the rescue and relief teams shifted as many 4,34,185 people in the flooded areas of the state to safer places.
As many as 1351 villages were affected by the rains and consequent floods. Satara bore the maximum brunt of the heavy rains, as many as 420 villages were affected. While 411 villages in Kolhapur district were affected, the authorities pegged the number of villages affected in Sangli district at 104.
Meanwhile, as many as 308 relief camps are functioning in various affected areas. Kolhapur accounted for maximum of 296 relief camps involving 40,688 evacuated people, followed by Sangli -- 43 camps (2,06,611 people), Satara --29 camps (2902 people), Ratnagiri -- 16 camps (695 people).