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Incessant rains caused floods in parts of Maharashtra wherein Sangli and Kolhapur districts were the worst-hit. The chief minister of the state, Devendra Fadnavis has sought Rs 6,813 crore as relief fund from the Centre owing to the mass destruction.

With the festival of Raksha Bandhan fast approaching, celebrations broke out across India. Army personnel who were part of the rescue operations in flood-hit regions received rakhis from those they rescued. 

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While North Karnataka and Maharashtra witnessed massive flooding due to the overflow of water from rivers, 41 Navy teams were deployed in difficult terrains in the flood-hit states

Speaking to reporters, Kolhapur's superintendent of police Abhinav Deshmukh said that Mumbai-Bengaluru national highway No 4 was partially opened to let trucks carrying relief materials reach to areas affected due to flooding

Rains wreak havoc not only in Karnataka and Kerala but also in Maharashtra and Gujarat. The death toll in Maharashtra has touched 35 while and 31 in Gujarat. Maharashtra also witnessed an incident of boat capsize that took the lives of 17 people.
 

Over 30 people have been killed in rain-related incidents in five districts of western Maharashtra in the last one week, including 17 who drowned when a boat capsized near Brahmanal village in Sangli on August 8

 

Hundreds have lost their lives and thousands have been displaced owing to torrential rains and floods across India. With rains predicted to worsen in the coming days, the government has ordered military teams to form rescue units.

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Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis reviewed the flood situation in various parts of the state including Kolhapur and directed the authorities concerned to make adequate arrangements for food, drinking water and other essential items for those affected.

Flooding due to heavy rains has left 15 districts in Maharashtra in disarray. The NDRF and local police have been carrying out rescue and relief operations across the state
 

Five Karnataka districts — Belagavi, Bagalkot, Raichur, Vijayapura and Yadgir have been badly affected by the swollen rivers Krishna, Malaprabha, Markandeya and a few other rivulets
 

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In Mumbai’s neighbouring Palghar district a 16-year-old boy was washed away by floods. Heavy rains led to water levels rising over tracks in some sections, resulting in the suspension of train services between Vasai and Virar towns, a Western Railway official said.

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