Reportedly only rooftops and trees are visible from a highway near Kolhapur in Maharashtra, which has been flooded for days after heavy rain that has completely cut off essential supplies and damaged thousands of homes. Meanwhile the road to Kolhapur city has partly vanished under water and in visuals yesterday morning, every building seen from a flyover just outside Kolhapur, including hotels, showrooms and a large godown, were in 10 feet deep water, with only their roofs visible.
Accordingly a broken traffic signal showed how badly the infrastructure has been damaged and the Panchganga river that flows nearby has flooded the city. Furthermore trucks and other heavy vehicles that bring supplies to Kolhapur have been stopped 30 to 40 km away, which means vegetables, fuel and other essentials are in short supply. Further four people have died in the floods in Kolhapur and thousands have been evacuated by teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and over 3,800 homes have been destroyed.
Moreover across Maharashtra, over two lakh people have been rescued from flooded towns. Perhaps the Navy has also been roped in for the rescue effort. Meanwhile Chief Minister devendra fadnavis reviewed the damage in an aerial survey of Sangli and Kolhapur yesterday and said thousands were living without electricity in the flooded regions and some 38,000 people are staying in relief camps in Kolhapur.
