A view of a flooded locality after incessant rains in Nashik on Tuesday.
Five people died in Nashik as the city received a record-breaking 204 mm rain in Nashik for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday.
Over three days, the city received 160 per cent more rainfall than the average in August - resulting in massive floods. Homes have been submerged and belongings were washed away, hundreds of people had to be evacuated by the National Disaster Relief Force, which had been working on a war-footing.
In Nashik city, the water of the Godavari river gushed into many areas adjacent to the river.
The release of water from Gangapur dam aggravated the situation -- the river level rose significantly, causing many bridges in Old Nashik area to go under water.
The city police closed the Holkar bridge for vehicular traffic and urged people not to gather at the flooded sites. The Datta temple, Balaji temple, Maruti temple and Khanderay temple in the city were submerged on Wednesday.
Twenty-four hours after Kamal Dambale and her family of 5 barely escaped the fury of the Godavari, the 50-year old is still shaken.
"Everything washed away before my eyes... out television, fridge, all of it. All I now own are the clothes that I'm wearing," said Kamal. She and more than 150 families now call a transit camp home.
The administration says more than 90 people are still cut off.
'Yesterday we rescued about 200 people. The NDRF has been conducting operations to save them. They managed to save about 50 people since this morning," said Shashikant Mangrule, the magistrate of Niphad.
Locals claim hundreds are still stranded. The NDRF teams have been receiving help from the Nashik police and district disaster management volunteers to evacuate stranded villagers.
The district collector has declared a holiday for schools and colleges as a precautionary measure.