PMC activates 49 disaster management centres, moves 30 families in low-lying areas to safety | Pune News

Pune: Thirty families from flood-prone pockets of Aundh were relocated to a nearby municipal school on Monday as Pune Municipal Corporation activated 49 relief centres across the city to support residents affected by heavy rain, waterlogging and flooding.“A large contingent of manpower and machinery has been deployed on the ground to support disaster management operations…

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500-600mm rain in Sahyadris snaps Pune-Mum road & train commute; Maha death toll up to 13 | Pune News

Rescue personnel carry out operations with the help of earthmovers after heavy rainfall triggered a landslide near the Missing Link section of the Pune-Mumbai Expressway on Monday Pune: An exceptionally intense spell of rain battered large parts of the state in the 24 hours ending Monday morning, triggering widespread damage and snapping road and transport…

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Four dams gain city’s two-month water quota in 24 hours, 13 reservoirs in district record over 100mm of rainfall each | Pune News

An autorickshaw cautiously makes its way through a waterlogged stretch near Khadki railway station as heavy rains lash the city Pune: The combined storage in the Khadakwasla dam system shot up to 8.32 TMC (28.5% of total capacity) after receiving an inflow of 2.6 TMC, enough to meet the city’s demand for almost two months,…

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