Nagpur flooded after overnight rain, forces deployed for rescue operations

Heavy rains lashed Nagpur city from Friday midnight, inundating low-lying areas and triggering measures to shift people from these pockets to safer places. According to the weather department, Nagpur airport reported 106 mm of rainfall till 5.30 am. 

 

 

Several roads and residential areas have been inundated, said officials. The administration has declared a holiday for schools as a precautionary measure. In Shankar Nagar, residents found themselves rushing to the rooftops of their buildings in a desperate bid to save themselves as floodwaters forcefully entered their homes.

 

The National Disaster Response (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) are rescuing people from flooded homes and streets. Two Army units are reaching the Ambazari area, where a lake overflowed, said Fadnavis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who is from Nagpur, took to X to share that he is continuously monitoring the rain situation in the city. “There has been incessant rainfall due to which the Ambazari lake is overflowing. The low-lying area around it is affected more due to this. Other parts of the city too are affected,” said his office on X.

 

Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has indicated that widespread light to moderate showers, thunderstorms and lightning, along with isolated heavy rains (64.5 mm-115.5 mm), will continue to lash

Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region for the next five days — from Saturday to Wednesday, September 23-27.

 

Furthermore, isolated locations in Vidarbha will also be in for very heavy downpours (115.5 mm-204 mm) for the next 24 hours.