Mumbai: When heavy rains began to pound the city of Chiplun in the Ratnagiri Maharashtra district on July 21, a little Pragati Rane, who runs a small training center there, thinks that things can increase to the level that he is, family and other people must be muccessful.
The roof is tilted in their homes and sitting there all night in the rain, holding fast to hope.
Although their nightmares ended after the National Disaster Response (NDRF) forces saved them for hours later, the task of uphill to rebuild their own lives now waiting for Rane and printing other people like him.
Chiplun, Khed and several other cities in Ratnagiri and neighboring parts Raigad bear the burden of heavy rain and the next flood over the past few days, with several rivers in the region flowing above danger.
Although the surface of the water has receded mostly in most affected parts, floods have left a large-scale damage trail – from mud and mud piles in homes and missing roads.
“Heavy rain on July 21.
But I think that the surface of the water will rise for several hours and then recede.
However, because of heavy rain, the surface of the water suddenly rises at night and we all have to leave everything.
And reach the roof of the clay house.
which is tilted, “Rane said.
“We were saved by the NDRF team the next night …
it was a terrible experience for me …
everything we had at home was damaged permanently.
I have lost a lot of kitchen equipment and other things,” he said.
The situation in Khed and Mahad City is no different.
Mujaffar Khan from Mahad, who runs a photocopying shop, said, “After running the store until 4pm, I came home on July 5.
After that the rain was so heavy that I could not visit the store after that.
Just go there today morning.
The road to the store is first under water and now there is a thick layer of mud.
“” I don’t know how to remove the mud because it’s not just a layer of soil, there is a dead animal in it, like a mouse.
The whole path smells foul.
We have approached the local authority But everyone is burdened with work now, “he said.
The Maharashtra government said that 76 people had died and 30 had been lost in the part of the flooded country.
After the flood, the main challenge before administration supplies drinking water, food and medicine to affected people.
“Some schools and some personal traits are currently used as a shelter and primary care centers for injured people.
The actual challenge is to identify missing people and help them track their relatives,” said a senior NDRF official.
Maharashtra Uday Samant, who came from Ratnagiri, has held a meeting with local officials in Ratnagiri to accelerate the work of officials.
“The water has receded from several areas of Chiplun City, but some areas are still flooded.
I have held a special meeting with representatives from various insurance companies and asked them to accelerate property damage claims and lose human life,” he told reporters.
A senior official from Ratnagiri District Collectorate said, “Chiplun’s city topography is like a bowl.
Wherever it is raining around, water reaches the city streets.
Locals have been experienced with streets for several hours.
But this time is different.
In many The place, the surface of the water is far above 10-14 feet, because the whole house or ground floor is submerged in water.
“The first challenge we faced was to make drinking water available to people, who were saved and stuck in their homes.
With the help of the rescue team and several locals, this arrangement was made until we received official assistance on Friday morning, he said.