Maharashtra Floods

NDRF sends reinforcement to flood-battered Maharashtra; BMC sends two teams to Raigad, Kolhapur

NDRF deployed 8 more teams in Maharashtra in the flood-affected areas. Now a total of 34 teams have been deployed for rescue and relief work at various places.

Rainfall likely to increase over north Indian plains, hills from today, reduce over west coast

The IMD, meanwhile, said Gujarat is very likely to witness an "active wet spell" till July 27, with the likelihood of light to moderate rainfall at several places and isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall.

Toll in Telangana rains rises to 70, state unveils evacuation plan; parts of Karnataka remain flooded

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced Rs 10,000 as immediate relief to each flood-hit household in Hyderabad. The state government also unveiled a door-to-door evacuation plan as more rains have been forecasted.

Bombay HC refuses to stay JEE-Main examination; allows students in flood-hit areas to seek re-exam

On 17 August, the Supreme Court had dismissed a plea seeking the postponement of JEE Main 2020 and NEET UG 2020 entrance exams

Over 80 dead, lakhs displaced after unprecedented downpour pounds several districts across Western Maharashtra

While the monsoon season is always welcomed for bringing respite from the summer heat and replenishing parched reservoirs, this year it wrecked havoc in parts of western Maharashtra where over 80 people lost their lives and lakhs got displaced after unprecedented rains

Two suicides, one tale: Maharashtra farmers' agonising wait for compensation after fury of August 2019 floods

Villages in western Maharashtra echo the same stories of mounting losses. Their homes and fields destroyed in the August 2019 floods, families face financial ruin and an increasingly desperate future.

Country records highest monsoon rainfall since 1994; floods wreak havoc in several states

Most of the country was affected by the incessant monsoon rains which created havoc in many states, both killing and displacing people

BS Yediyurappa meets Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai; duo decides to set up panel for dam management in Karnataka, Maharashtra

Fadnavis and Yediyurappa also decided to oppose Andhra Pradesh's plea for redistribution of water against the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal's order in view of the division of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

In Sangli's Juni Dhamani village, normalcy remains a distant dream post-August floods

For the residents of Juni Dhamani, this delay in returning to normalcy has meant their nightmare is far from over.

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