A total of 18,751 families in Mahad and Poladpur talukas in Raigad district were affected by flooding and other rain-related incidents on July 22 and 23, a district official said on Monday.
As per the survey done by the state revenue department, 18,000 families belong to Mahad and 751 to Poladpur, while 562 farmers have also incurred losses due to flooding, he said.
"While 30 houses in Mahad and eight houses in Poladpur are fully damaged, the number of partially damaged homes stands at 8,121 in Mahad and 552 in Poladpur. A total of 28 cattle shelters were destroyed. So far, 3,082 families have received relief from the state government by way of rice, wheat and kerosene" the official said.
He informed that the number of survey teams of the revenue department in Mahad stood at 48, with 30 of them stationed in the non-town areas of the taluka.
A release from the Maharashtra State Electricity Board said 1,078 transformers in 345 villages were damaged during the heavy rains that the area witnessed recently, of which 261 had been repaired.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
3 Workers Killed In Blast At Chemical Factory In Maharashtra: Police Six Dead, Pune Flooded, Mumbai Airport Chaos As Rains Batter Maharashtra Live Updates: 3 Electrocuted In Pune Floods, Heavy Rain In Mumbai AR Rahman, Wife Saira Announce Separation After 29 Years Of Marriage Air India Flight From Paris Diverted To Jaipur, Fliers Sent To Delhi On Bus Explained: Why Delhi's AQI Was 494 Today But International Monitor Said 1,600 Russia Vows Response After Ukraine Fires Long-Range US Missiles On Camera, Speeding Tempo Rams Bike, Drags It For 100 Metres In UP Israel Offering $5 Million Reward For Each Gaza Hostage Freed: Netanyahu Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.