Floods Damage Over 2,300 Homes, Crops In Western Region, 28 Dead in Maharashtra

Over 2,300 houses and large-scale crops were damaged in heavy rains and subsequent floods in Western Maharashtra districts, where more than 21,000 people were moved to safer places, said officials on Friday.

According to the divisional commissioner's office here, the death toll in rain-related incidents rose to 28 in the region - half of them in the worst-hit Solapur district – with the recovery of one more body.

Crops such as sugarcane, soybean, vegetables, rice, pomegranate, and cotton, spread over 57,000 hectares in Pune, Solapur, Satara, and Sangli districts, have suffered damage, it said.

Around 513 livestock perished in hefty rains and



floods in the district, said a senior authority from the Pune divisional chief's office. 

He said a sum of 2,319 houses were harmed in the deluge and the resulting floods in Solapur, Sangli, Satara, and Pune regions. 

"A sum of 28 individuals have passed on so far in downpour related episodes. Of these, 14 individuals passed on in Solapur, 9 in Sangli, 4 in Pune, and 1 in Satara," said the official.

One person is still missing in Pune, he added.

As many as 21,292 people from 6,061 households in Solapur (17,000), Sangli (1,079), Pune (3,000) and Satara (213) districts were shifted to safer places, the officer added.