Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday appealed to his party leaders and workers to provide “whatever help possible to the flood-affected areas irrespective of the current political situation”. Stating that the common people are hopeful, Thackeray said this is the time to justify “people’s faith in us”.
“Yuvasainiks, irrespective of the current political situation, reach out whatever help you can to the flood affected areas, do the relief work…all the common people are still looking up to us with hope… this is the time to justify the people’s faith,” he wrote on Twitter.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday issued an ‘orange alert’ for Maharashtra’s Palghar, Pune and Satara districts – with major rivers Vaitarna and Tansa flowing above the danger mark, and a ‘yellow alert’ was issued in Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Nashik, Kolhapur, Akola, Amravati, Bhandara, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Nagpur, Wardha, Washim, and Yavatmal.
Maharashtra has been witnessing incessant rainfall since over a week leading to massive waterlogging. According to Maharashtra Disaster Management officials, a total of 14 NDRF teams and six SDRFs have been deployed due to the continuous rainfall. Over 99 people have died in rain-related incidents so far.
Meanwhile, Gujarat, Telangana, Jammu and Kashmir have also been witnessing incessant rainfall causing a flood-like situation. The Jammu and Kashmir government has issued a red alert in the low-lying coastal areas of the state as the water level in the Chenab river has increased due to heavy rains in the Doda district.