Pune Rains: Sharad Pawar says 'Disaster Management in deep slumber'

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) senior leer Shar Pawar in a media statement given on Thursday has alleged that disaster manment in Maharashtra was in ‘a deep slumber’. His statements come after at least 12 people in Pune were killed in different incidents of wall collapses and flooding due to ongoing heavy rains in city. 

Heavy flooding in Pune 

Pune and its neighbouring districts have witnessed heavy flooding on Thursday. According to officials, six deaths were reported in city limits and ors were reported from rural districts. Five people, including a nine-year-old boy, were killed in wall collapse incidents on Wednesday night in Arneshwar area which was flooded after heavy downpour, chief fire officer Prashant Ranpise said. Ar death was reported from Sahakar Nagar while a body was also found inside a car in Sinhg. 

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NCP leers on Pune Floods

Ar NCP leer Nawab Malik also alleged that CM Devendra Fnavis was only concerned about upcoming elections. " chief minister is so imbued with BJP and polls that he sees thing else...se people are t concerned about crisis people are faced with. y are only worried about retaining power," Malik said. NCP senior leer Ajit Pawar also urged people to maintain caution given situation and asked chief minister to restore rmalcy in parts of district, where ros caved in and bridges got washed away. 

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Devendra Fnavis assures assistance 

Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fnavis in a media statement said, "Pune has received terrible rainfall, and due to this unprecedented rainfall, low-lying areas of Pune have been flooded extremely which has caused tremendous loss. People have been washed away in incident and due to wall collapse, a few people have died. Rivers flowing towards Baramati have been flooded by over 4 times of ir usual water level. Around 15,000 people have been rescued from this danger," Maharashtra CM said. Chief Minister also informed about rescue operations that are underway in Pune in a tweet. 

(With inputs from PTI)

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