Visuals from the rainfall-affected areas showed a team of NDRF carrying out rescue operations, helping people to come out from flooded homes and streets.
Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Saturday said that the state government is monitoring the situation after Nagpur's Ambajhari Dam overflowed following heavy rainfall in several parts of Nagpur.
A team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Saturday evacuated as many as six people stranded in the Ambajhari Lake area following heavy rainfall in parts of Nagpur city in Maharashtra.
The Delhi Government on Friday announced financial assistance of Rs 10 crore for Himachal Pradesh which was hit by heavy rains and landslides, the Chief Minister Office (CMO) said.
Today and tomorrow heavy rains are expected in the North and Northeastern parts of Telangana, especially in the Mancherial, Kamareddy, Nizamabad, Nirmal, Jaishankar Bhupalpally, Mulugu areas, the IMD said in a statement.
“Today, BJP is feeling ashamed of saying that Shivraj Singh Chouhan is their Chief Minister face for the upcoming assembly polls slated later this year. Many heavyweight central leaders came here but none has said Chouhan is their CM face,” Nath said.
The Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution demanding the Union government to declare destruction caused by recent heavy rains in the state as a national disaster.
The southwest monsoon has been active over Tamil Nadu, with rainfall occurring (as recorded at 8.30 am) at most places over South Tamil Nadu and at many places over North Tamil Nadu, and light rain occurring over Puducherry, said the India Meteorological Department.
Ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations, also known as Ganeshotsav, Mumbai Police on Sunday said it has made special traffic arrangements to avoid congestion and logjams on roads during the festivities from September 19 to 29.