Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Sunday demanded six more teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to deal with the situation arising out of heavy rains in Mumbai and surrounding districts.
“The state government is in touch with the NDRF, Army, Navy and other agencies also,” the CMO said.
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and its disaster management cell were fully prepared and were monitoring the situation in the city and Mumbai metropolitan area, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said in a statement.
“The government has requested for six more NDRF teams for Mumbai, Thane and Palghar in view of the heavy rains. A request has been made to the Indian Air Force to airlift around 35 villagers stranded at Ju-Nandkhuri village in Thane,” the statement said.
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“Five (pumping stations) are ready and work is on for setting up three more. The state government is providing all assistance to the BMC,” he said.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who is currently in Gondia as part of his ‘Endra Maha Mandate Yatra’, spoke to Public Works Department Minister Eknath Shinde and asked Chief Secretary Ajoy Mehtaato to oversee the relief measures.
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