New Delhi: A total of 26 national disaster response teams (NDRF) have been involved in the operation of aid and rescue in Mumbai and its coastal districts as rainless rain continues, causing flooding and landslides in several regions and claiming life, NDRF said, NDRF said Deputy Inspector General (digging) Momsen Shahedi.
Eight additional teams will be flown from Kolkata in West Bengal and Vadodara in Gujarat to be placed in areas affected by Maharashtra.
“At present, 26 NDRF teams, including one reserve team, are deployed in Maharashtra and are involved in relief and rescue operations in the flooded area.
Eight other teams are also published,” Shahedi told Ani.
The officer said that the four NDRF teams were being flown from Kolkata and four of Vadodara.
Shahedi said that the additional NDRF team will reach Maharashtra in the next three hours.
At least 18 NDRF teams were deployed in areas affected by floods in Maharashtra until Friday afternoon and eight additional teams rushed to help their colleagues involved in rescue work and assistance, Mumbai, Thane, Ratnagiri, Palghar, Sangli, Sindhudurg, Nagar and Kolhapur In consultation with state administration.
To complete the spread, the team has also been high alert in NDRF Battalion, Pune, the NDRF statement said.
The next NDRF statement is added, “Rescue and Help Operations are still in the process.” A landslide occurred due to heavy rains in Raigad Maharashtra Regency, reportedly claiming to live more than 36 people.
According to the statement, a team NDRF is making efforts to rescue on the site of the incident and efforts to divert additional teams from Kurla to carry out rescue operations in Raigad being made because they cannot land on Friday due to bad weather conditions.
NDRF continues to track the weather forecast for Meteorological’s (IMD) India and the Central Air Commission report (CWC) and act accordingly, the statement said.