‘Struggling to be alive’: Relief efforts continue for families devastated by Maharashtra floods
Floods and landslides have taken a heavy toll in the state. 10 hours ago NDRF personnel evacuate an injured man in flood affected Kolhapur district in Maharashtra. | Twitter/ DG National Disaster Response Force
On July 21, Sai Prasad Sawant watched from his house on the ground floor
as it rained incessantly in Chiplun, a city in Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra’s Konkan region. Barely 15 km away, the heavy downpour had led to the reservoir of the Kolkewadi dam in the Sahyadri hills filling up past the danger mark. When its floodgates were opened that day, water came rushing into the city.