Rain triggers landslides, flooding across 4 states
Hindustan TimesHeavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods across four states on Thursday, throwing normal life out of gear and prompting authorities to deploy the army and disaster response personnel to rescue hundreds of stranded people as the toll in rain-related incidents mounted. Our teams are deployed there, and rescue operations are going on,’’ Pune district collector Suhas Diwse Residents of the district said civic apathy made the situation worse and led to the inundation of their areas. The heavy rainfall also led to severe waterlogging in the Mumbai and also hit flight operations leading to cancellation and diversion of several flight, people aware of the matter said. Nearly 3,000 people living in low-lying areas in and around Vadodara were shifted to safer places after the Vishwamitri river crossed the danger mark on Thursday morning, officials said. “A 20-metre stretch of road on Malari-Joshimath Highway was swept away leading to blocking the traffic early morning on Thursday and the BRO teams were deployed to the spot to reopen the road using heavy machines,” NK Joshi, district disaster management officer for Chamoli district said.