Union Home Minister Amit Shah on August 11 conducted an aerial survey of flood-hit areas in Satara, Sangli and Kolhapur districts in Maharashtra where 40 people have lost their lives since the unprecedented deluge swamped the region, causing largescale destruction and displacement of over four lakh people.
Even on the seventh day, the flood situation showed a marginal improvement as the water levels in the worst-hit Sangli and Kolhapur districts have been receding slowly.
This is despite more than five lakh cusec of water discharge from Almatti dam on Krishna river in neighbouring Karnataka and light showers in the districts.
An official from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said Devendra Fadnavis briefed Shah in the morning about the current flood situation and the measures undertaken in the southern regions of Western Maharashtra.