Maharashtra Rain Highlights: Yellow alert for Mumbai, Thane; IMD predicts isolated heavy rains on Saturday

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Pune, and Satara districts of Maharashtra for Saturday, indicating the possibility of heavy to very heavy showers.

A yellow alert has been issued for Mumbai and adjoining Thane district, predicting heavy showers in isolated areas.

No orange alert has been issued for any district of Maharashtra from July 28 to 30, the IMD said.

NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule said that taxpayers are suffering due to mismanagement by the Mahayuti government in the state. "My demand is that they have to give a clear package, clean the area, and ensure food and water supply. People's documents have gone missing, children's books have gone missing, and the government has to pay for all this. The honest taxpayers of Pune have been completely cheated by the government," she told ANI

Private firms Sumit company and BVG announced that they are committing a certain number of workers for the proposed clean up drive. Sumit company is ready to provide 500 employees and BVG will allocate 100 employees for cleaning exercise.

Chief minister Eknath Shinde ordered the Pune Municipal Corporation to undertake a drive to clean up muds from the homes of citizens affected by floods. He asked administration to take the help of private firms like Sumit enterprises and the BVG group to clean up the city immediately.

Maharashtra Rain News Live: The IMD in it's July 26 press release also gave an agricultural warning to farmers in the ghat area of Madhya Maharashtra to postpone the transplanting of finger millets and vegetables due to heavy rain that could damage crops

Maharashtra Rain News Live: Low to moderate flash flood risk in Vidarbha likely in next 24 hours, according to the IMD. The July 26 forecast has alerted the ghat areas for a red alert due to extremely heavy rain likely over the next 2 days.

Maharashtra Rain News Live: The IMD posted on X that extremely heavy rainfall is likely to continue over the Ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra for the next 2 days. It issued a red alert and also said that rain would gradually reduce in the subsequent days.

Maharashtra Rain News Live: The Krishna river is approaching 40 feet in Sangli, which is its danger level. The river is almost at an alert level near Irwin Bridge, currently flowing at 36 feet.

The discharge from Koyna bridge, which is upstream, has increased to 30,000 cusecs.

Maharashtra Rain News Live: The IMD released its extended range forecast for the next two weeks, which shows that Maharashtra is set to receive 20 to 50 per cent excess rainfall in August as well.

Maharashtra Rain News Live: The IMD has issued an orange alert for Kolhapur, Karad, Satara, Sangli, Tasaon and Mahabaleshwar, predicting moderate rains around 5-15 mm per hour

Maharashtra Rain News Live: Pune's Shivajinagar received the 3rd highest amount of rainfall it has ever received in 24 hours in July, since 66 years ago. The area recorded 114 mm of rainfall in a single day.

Maharashtra Rain News Live: Deputy CM of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis said he is in contact with the Karnataka government to monitor the flood situation on the border of the two states due to overflowing discharge from the Khadakwasla and Almatti dams

Maharashtra Rain News Live: The Maharashtra State board has postponed the SSC and HSC supplementary board exams for 10th and 12th standard due to heavy rains reported TO

Maharashtra Rain News Live: The IMD predicts heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy rainfall occurring during the past 24 hours in Madhya Maharashtra till 08:30 hours am on July 26.

Maharashtra Rain News Live:Pune district recorded 317.6 mm rainfall till July 24, 43 per cent higher than the normal rainfall of 221.9 mm, as per IMD data. This has only increased after the heavy rainfall that caused the death of 4 people in the city.

Maharashtra Rain News Live: Due to heavy rain and waterlogging, train movement between Chinchpada & Kolde station of Udhna - Nandurbar Section in the Mumbai division has been affected

The following trains have been regulated at different stations over the section:

15068 Bandra Terminus - Gorakhpur Exp at Vyara station.

12833 Ahmedabad - Howrah Exp at Madhi station.

19484 Barauni - Ahmedabad Exp at Timbarva station.

09049 Dadar - Bhusawal Exp at Bardoli station.

19425 Nandurbar Exp at Gangadhra station.

09096 Nandurbar - Surat MEMU at Khalgaon station.

Maharashtra Rain News Live: Possibility of heavy rainfall in isolated places, high tides and occasional gusty winds likely in Mumbai and moderate to heavy rain in the city and suburbs, according to the BMC.

Occasionally gusty winds reaching 50-60 kilometers per hour are also likely. High tide at 3:30 pm will be approximately 4.46 meters and low tide will subside to 0.98 meters at 9:44 pm.

High tide of 3.96 meters is predicted to reach shores at 04:06 am on July 27 and reduce to 01.54 meters with low tide at 09:42 am.

Maharashtra Rain News Live: The BMC released a list of areas with the highest record rainfall from 8 am July 25 to 8 am July 26.

The list is as follows:

Nariyal Wadi Municipal School, Vakola – 142.2 mm

Sewri Koliwada Municipal School, Sewri – 137.6 mm

‘N’ Ward Office, Ghatkopar – 133.34 mm

Charkop Sector 1 Municipal School Kandivali (West) – 131.8 mm

Magathane Bus Depot, Borivali – 129.2 mm

Eksar Municipal School, Borivali – 128.2 mm

Barve Nagar Municipal School, Ghatkopar (West) – 125.2 mm

BKC Fire Station – 124 mm

Nadkarni Park Municipal School, Wadala (East) – 119.40 mm

SWD Workshop, Dadar – 119.34 mm

Maravli Municipal school, Chembur – 118.60 mm

N. M. Joshi Marg Municipal School, Lower Parel - 117 mm

Maharashtra Rain News Live: A rescue operation has begun at Alibaug beach with the help of a Coast Guard chopper to save 14 members of the ship JSW Raigad, which got stranded due to the rough weather

The vessel, a 121.6 m long bulk carrier JSW Raigad and its 14 member Indian crew got stuck in the rocks off Colaba fort in Raigad due to bad weather.

The vessel reported anchor dragging and loss of control. This was further worsened by flooding in engine room. In turbulent sea conditions, the vessel ran aground on reefs, one nautical mile from Alibaug.

In view of the extreme sea conditions of the Maharashtra coast and reefs in area, airlift was the only option left. At the early hours of 26 July 24, despite adverse conditions limiting air operations, ICG successfully evacuate the crew from the stranded vessel. All 14 crew were successfully evacuated the crew from the vessel by CG Helicopter and safely disembarked at Alibaug beach. ICG station Murud Janjira is coordinating with local authorities to help the crew.

Maharashtra Rain News Live: Search operations are ongoing in a landslide which took place in Lavasa due to heavy rainfall. Two people are feared trapped. The NDRF and district teams are coordinating to ensure a safe rescue operation.

The operation had to be halted on Thursday due to rains and low visibility. The landslide debris had caused traffic disruption on Thursday.

Maharashtra Rain News Live: Maharashtra Rain News Live:Due to a heavy rain alert issued by the IMD and to avoid any inconvenience to students, Mumbai University has postponed exams for students in the Raigad and Ratnagiri Districts until a later date.

According to Pooja Roudale, Director Examination and Evaluation Board Mumbai University, the new dates for exams will be announced soon

Due to heavy rains, squally winds and high tides, the IMD has asked fishermen to avoid venturing out into the sea till July 29. The current conditions will gradually reduce but it is advisable to not go out until rainfall subsides.

Pune district administration has banned public entry at various tourist spots in the district for the next 48 hours.

The authorities have identified five areas, including Ekta Nagar on Sinhgad Road, Sangam Parisar in Shivajinagar, Shantinagar slum area near Hari Bridge, Dattawadi area near Dandekar Bridge and Vishrantwadi, to monitor for next 48 hours.

A tourist ban has been ordered in the Maval-Mulshi area from 8 am on July 25 till 8 am on July 29.

Maharashtra Rain News Live: Heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods across Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, and Uttarakhand, disrupting daily life and prompting rescue efforts. In Pune, Maharashtra, four people died due to rain-related incidents, and schools were closed following a 'red alert' by the IMD.

Gujarat witnessed severe waterlogging and infrastructure damage, with three more deaths reported.

Himachal Pradesh faced flash floods and landslides, while Uttarakhand saw road closures due to heavy rainfall. Authorities, including the army and disaster response teams, are conducting rescue operations and evacuations.

Read in detail: Rain triggers landslides, flooding across 4 states

Rescue operations across Kalyan and Ambernath along with nearby areas in Thane district, safely evacuated around 400 residents whose houses were inundated. People were then relocated to nearby safe locations.

The NDRF was closely coordinating with local authorities for the same.