NAGPUR: Heavy rains flooded many parts of Nagpur city, following which 180 people, including 40 students from a school for the hearing and speech-impaired, were rescued, said Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday.
The National Disaster Response (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) are rescuing people from flooded homes and streets. Two Army units are reaching the Ambazari area, where a lake overflowed, said Fadnavis.
The city received torrential downpours from Friday midnight. According to the weather department, Nagpur airport reported 106 mm of rainfall till 5. 30 a.m.
Several roads and residential areas have been inundated due to heavy rains, said officials. The administration has declared a holiday for schools and colleges as a precautionary measure.
Fadnavis, who is an MLA from Nagpur, took to X in the morning to share that he was continuously monitoring the rain situation in the city.
“There has been incessant rainfall due to which the Ambazari lake is overflowing. The low-lying area around it is affected more due to this. Other parts of the city are affected,” said his office on X.
नागपुरात काल रात्री मुसळधार पावसामुळे अंबाझरी तलाव ओव्हरफ्लो झाल्याने काही भागात पाणी शिरले आहे. अवघ्या 4 तासात 100 मिमीपेक्षा अधिक पाऊस झाल्याची माहिती जिल्हाधिकारी यांनी मला दिली.
नागपूर जिल्हाधिकारी, महापालिका आयुक्त हे घटनास्थळी पोहोचले असून तातडीने आवश्यक त्या उपाययोजना…— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) September 23, 2023
The deputy CM has instructed the Nagpur collector, municipal commissioner and police commissioner to “immediately activate multiple teams for rescuing people who are stuck at few places”, Fadnavis’s office said.
Later, Fadnavis said on X that two units of NDRF and two units of SDRF, which were divided into 7 groups, had rescued 140 citizens.
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नागपुरातील मुसळधार पावसामुळे निर्माण झालेल्या स्थितीबाबत उपमुख्यमंत्री देवेंद्र फडणवीस हे सातत्याने प्रशासनाच्या संपर्कात आहेत.
एसडीआरएफच्या 2 तुकड्या 7 गटात विभागण्यात आल्या असून सखल भागातील नागरिकांना बाहेर काढले जात आहे.
– एनडीआरएफ आणि एसडीआरएफ चमूंनी आतापर्यंत… pic.twitter.com/nkuELkhlcg— @OfficeOfDevendra (@Devendra_Office) September 23, 2023
Similarly, 40 students were rescued from a school for the hearing and speech-impaired, he said. The fire department is also carrying out rescue work, the deputy CM said. Fadnavis also appealed to people not to believe in any rumours.
The Nagpur centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said “severe/moderate thunderstorm with lightning” will likely continue at isolated places in Nagpur, Bhandara and Gondia districts.
There is also a possibility of “intense rain at isolated places” in these areas, it said.
Light to moderate rainfall is likely to occur at many places in Wardha and some parts of Chandrapur, Bhandara and Gondia districts.
Light rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places over Amravati, Yavatmal and Gadchiroli, it added.
