NDRF team, chopper, boats in action as heavy rains lash Maharashtra’s Latur
The Hindu
Latur district has received 66.09 millimetres of rainfall in the last 24 hours
An NDRF team, a helicopter and boats were deployed on Tuesday to rescue people stranded in barrages, villages and on the banks of a river in Latur in Maharashtra as heavy rains lashed the district through the day.
While 25 out of 40 people stranded on the banks of Manjara river at Sarsa village have been rescued using boats, efforts were on to get the rest 15 to safety, an official said.
He added that three people stranded on a river basin in Digol Deshmukh area in Renapur tehsil have been rescued.

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