IAF's advanced light helicopter rescue operation saves 3 lives from a river island in flood hit Madhya Pradesh. Watch here

As flood reels over 10 states across India, NDRF, Indian Air Force, Indian Army is making relentless efforts to minimise human loss and save people from flood hit area. On Friday, Indian Air Force shared a video of rescue operation in Madhya Pradesh's Niwari. rescue operation saved three villrs from river island using Advanced Light helicopter.

In video, IAF can be seen airlifting villrs amidst bad wear in area. 

Incessant rains over past few days have flooded several parts of Mandsaur district including revered Pashupatinath temple, forcing Madhya Pradesh administration to shift around 3,000 people to relief centres. Giving details of relief operations, Mandsaur Superintendent of Police Hitesh Chaudhary said, "Around 3,000 people from waterlogged and flooded areas have been shifted to safer places. administration has arranged food and accommodation for m." "In some areas, floodwaters receded within a few hours and people returned to ir homes," Chaudhary said. He said entire district administration has been put on alert and special teams of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) from Ratlam and Indore have been pressed into service.

Flood in Maharashtra:

Maharashtra continued to reel under heavy floods on August 15. state has been suffering onslaught of heavy floods since 10 days. While rescue operations in Maharashtra's flood-hit Kolhapur and Sangli districts are over, focus has w shifted on providing essential supplies to  flood-affected victims. 

Despite extensive rescue operations being conducted by NDRF teams, some vills in Kolhapur district continue to undergo a flood crisis. One such is Shiroli vill in Hatkanagle tehsil in Kolhapur district. While majority of people have been rescued or evacuated from vill, re are still some who continue to remain stuck amid ongoing floods. While efforts are being made to carry relief materials and or provisions to se flood-hit areas, it is still falling short of number of people affected by rains.

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