PUNE: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have evacuated over 2,000 people from the flood-affected areas of Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts in the last two days.
The Indian Army has deployed 15 rescue teams in Kolhapur, Ratnagiri and Sangli districts. Altogether 26 teams of NDRF, 18 from the 5th battalion of NDRF, Pune, and eight from Bhubaneswar have been deployed for flood rescue and relief operation.
Anupam Srivastav, commandant of the 5th battalion and in-charge of the NDRF operation, told TOI, “The flood evacuation operation is going in various tehsils of these districts. We have chalked out our plan based on the inputs provided by the local civil administration there. So far, the operation has been carried out as per the plan.”
Some teams reached Chiplun in Ratnagiri and Mahad in Raigad late on Thursday. “Our teams worked throughout the night and day and rescued people by using inflated rubber boats,” said Srivastav.
