The residents of Maharashtras Nagpur woke up to heavy rains and flood on Saturday after heavy rainfall lashed the city on Friday night. The torrential rain disrupted the normal life of the citizens as water entered many houses, especially those situated along the Nag River and Pili River.Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed the district administration and the police to provide necessary assistance to those affected and the state government has declared a holiday for all schools and colleges in Nagpur.#WATCH | Maharashtra: Visuals from Canal Road Ramdaspeth, in Nagpur, where severe water logging witnessed, following incessant rainfall in the area. pic.twitter.com/9hmj9aeH0l— ANI (@ANI) September 23, 2023 Rescue operations on in Nagpur Rescue operations are ongoing as two Army units are reaching the Ambazari area, where a lake overflowed, said Fadnavis. The National Disaster Response (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) are rescuing people from flooded homes and streets.Rescue operations have rescued 180 people, including 40 students from a school for the hearing and speech-impaired, said Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavi on Saturday.Fadnavis who is an MLA from shared on the social media platform X on Saturday morning about the Nagpur situation and said that he is continuously monitoring it.“There has been incessant rainfall due to which the Ambazari lake is overflowing. The low-lying area around it is affected more due to this. Other parts of the city too are affected,” said his office on X.The deputy CM later added on X that two units of NDRF and two units of SDRF, which were divided into 7 groups, had rescued 140 citizens. Similarly, 40 students were rescued from a school for the hearing and speech-impaired, he said.#NagpurUpdatesनागपुरातील मुसळधार पावसामुळे निर्माण झालेल्या स्थितीबाबत उपमुख्यमंत्री देवेंद्र फडणवीस हे सातत्याने प्रशासनाच्या संपर्कात आहेत.एसडीआरएफच्या 2 तुकड्या 7 गटात विभागण्यात आल्या असून सखल भागातील नागरिकांना बाहेर काढले जात आहे. – एनडीआरएफ आणि एसडीआरएफ चमूंनी आतापर्यंत… pic.twitter.com/nkuELkhlcg— @OfficeOfDevendra (@Devendra_Office) September 23, 2023 Reports by Weather departmentAccording to the weather department, Nagpur airport reported 106 mm of rainfall till 5:30 a.m. after the city experienced torrential downpours on Friday night. Several roads and residential areas have been flooded since Friday.“Water breached in Shankar Nagar, Corporation Colony, Daga Layout at 5 am itself after the retaining wall near a hospital broke, which resulted in turning the flow of flood towards the residential areas,” said officials from Nagpur Municipal Corporations (NMC) fire and emergency services department. India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Nagpur has said that “severe/moderate thunderstorm with lightning” will likely continue at isolated places in Nagpur, Bhandara and Gondia districts. There is also a possibility of “intense rain at isolated places” in these areas, it said.Many localities in Wardha, as well as sections of Chandrapur, Bhandara, and Gondia, are expected to receive light to moderate rainfall, the weather agency said. It is highly likely that light rain will fall in isolated areas over Amravati, Yavatmal, and Gadchiroli, it added.
