Death Toll in Maharashtra's Flood-ravaged Districts Rises to 192, More Rain Likely
News 18Even as the rainwater drained and the two lanes of the Pune-Bengaluru national highway were reopened after a four-day break, the death toll in Maharashtra’s flood-ravaged districts increased to 192 on Monday. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had to cut short his aerial assessment of Satara district after his helicopter could not land due to low visibility, Ajit Pawar, the state’s deputy chief minister, has stated that “human involvement” may not be a part of the state’s landslides and that the state will appoint a team of geological specialists to investigate the cause. After viewing flood-ravaged Sangli in a lifeboat, Pawar was quoted as saying by the newspaper, “There is no human involvement in these areas.” Meanwhile, the IMD has forecast widespread rainfall activity with heavy to heavy falls over Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashir and Himachal Pradesh till July 29. The IMD in its latest bulletin has forecast widespread rainfall activity with heavy to heavy falls over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh till July 29.