A total of 277,393 persons have been evacuated from 3,419 flood-affected villages in 22 districts, according to an official of Maharashtra Disaster Management cell. Rivers Godavari, Krishna and Koyna are flowing above the danger mark while 300 persons were marooned in different parts of Nashik district, officer on special duty of Disaster Management Cell of Maharashtra, S C Mohanty told PTI.
All the evacuated persons have been accommodated in temporary shelters while the marooned people were supplied with food packets and water by air force personnel.
Image: Residents being rescued in a raft across flood waters by the Fire and Emergency Services in Vadodara, about 110 km from Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
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