An overview of the situation in Marathwada, Central Maharashtra by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
State and district emergency agencies should carry out rescue and relief work in coordination and cooperation – Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s instructions.
Instructions to the administration of the districts with red and orange alerts to remain vigilant.
Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar took a review of the heavy rains in Marathwada and Central Maharashtra due to Hurricane Gulab in the Bay of Bengal. He also held discussions with Water Resources Minister Jayant Patil and Social Justice Minister Dhananjay Munde, who are on a tour of the flood-hit areas of Marathwada. He instructed the district collector to evacuate the flood victims in Osmanabad district. He also said that National Disaster Relief Force has been sent to flood-hit Marathwada.
Hurricane Shaheen is expected in the Arabian Sea, according to the Meteorological Department. Red alert districts of Palghar, Nashik, Aurangabad, Jalna, Jalgaon and orange alert districts of Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Ahmednagar, Beed, Osmanabad, Latur, Parbhani, Hingoli, Nanded, Nandurbar and Dhule. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has also directed the administration to be more vigilant. The Deputy Chief Minister also directed the state and district emergency relief agencies to be alert and in touch with each other and immediately start rescue and relief operations for the disaster victims.
