Uddhav for permanent NDRF teams in high-risk districts
The Hindu
Rain toll rises over 130 across Maharashtra, Taliye village deaths touch 45
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, who visited flood-racked Chiplun in the Konkan, said he would be requesting the Centre to permanently station teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in the State’s disaster-prone districts to prevent rain-related calamities in the future. Meanwhile, while precise casualty figures were not forthcoming, sources estimated that the total death toll had risen to nearly 130 with the recovery of nine more bodies in Taliye village in Mahad (taking the toll there to 45) and seven more in Posare village in Khed tehsil in Ratnagiri district. Around 80-100 persons (including more than 30 in Taliye) are still believed to be missing in the flood hit districts including Raigad, Khed and Satara, said authorities as rescue operations continued in full swing amid brief respite in the rains. The Chief Minister, who toured rain-battered Chiplun on Sunday, said that while the State government and local administration was currently focusing on providing immediate relief in form of food, clothes and medicines, he would officially announce a relief package once a comprehensive survey of all the affected districts in western Maharashtra and the Konkan was completed over the next few days.More Related News
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