Heavy rain continues across Maharashtra, over 500mm in ghats; restrictions in Mahabaleshwar, Pune tourist hotspots | Pune News

A landslide at the foothills of Neel Parvat in Nashik has cut off road connectivity to a local settlement Pune/Kolhapur: Triple-digit rainfall continued to pound Maharashtra’s Western Ghats on Wednesday, disrupting movement and prompting authorities to restrict access to tourist hotspots, including Mahabaleshwar.Bhira topped the Western Ghats rainfall chart with 574mm in the 24 hours…

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Heavy rains wash 3,000 LPG cylinders into Patalganga river in Raigad of Maharashtra, warning issued

Around 3,000 LPG cylinders, including both filled and empty ones, were swept into the Patalganga river after heavy rain inundated the HPCL Patalganga LPG Bottling Plant in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, prompting the administration to warn residents against handling any cylinders found downstream. The incident occurred at the HPCL Patalganga LPG Bottling Plant, located at Plot…

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Debris removal continues on Goa highway’s Mumbai corridor at Kashedi Ghat; normal traffic on remaining section | Mumbai News

Navi Mumbai: Debris cleaning operation continued for the second day on the Mumbai corridor of the Mumbai-Goa highway in the Kashedi Ghat section, Ratnagiri. A collapsed hillock fell on the highway on Monday, resulting in complete closure of the highway for 12 hours on Monday. The Mumbai-bound traffic was diverted to the Goa-bound carriageway since…

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Raigad cop carries 72-year-old woman on shoulder, wades through flooded road to reach her to safety | Mumbai News

Navi Mumbai: The Rasayani police in Raigad, in coordination with NGO Help Foundation, rescued eight passengers travelling in an MSRTC bus after the vehicle got stuck on a rainwater-flooded road near Sarsai village along Karjat-Pen Road on Sunday afternoon, due to the Patalganga river crossing the warning level following incessant rains for the past three…

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