Monsoon LIVE Updates | Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde chairs meet with officials

Heavy and incessant rains disrupted normal life in several parts of Gir Somnath and Junagadh districts in Gujarat, with Sutrapada taluka in Gir Somnath recording 300 mm downpour in 30 hours till Wednesday noon, officials said.

Dry ration to be provided to those in need, community kitchens set up. Rescue team is ready: Kumari Tosi, sub-divisional officer (SDO), Baisi

A team of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) reviews training, as well as monsoon preparedness of Uttar Pradesh's Disaster Response Force (SDRF).

Kodagu district administration in Karnataka announces a holiday for Anganwadi centers, schools and colleges as an orange alert has been announced in the district in the wake of the forecast for heavy rain.

Amid heavy rain in the state, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde chairs a meet with officials of the disaster management officials in Thane.

In Assam, the situation is improving. The waters are receding. In Maharashtra, we have recently seen very heavy rainfall. The Maharashtra govt had requested 17 teams. And all 17 teams have been made available, & deployed in Mumbai, Thane, etc.: Atul Karwal, DG, NDRF

Himachal Pradesh government to send state revenue minister to Kullu to take stocj of situation in the wake of a landslide, says CM Jairam Thakur.

The team comprises of two officers, 20 jawans, and has eight inflatable boats, equipment. A dog squad is also stationed for any emergencies related to rain.

Flood situation slightly eases in Assam's Morigaon district.

Three people were injured in a landslide at Narayan Hadke Chawl in Sion after portions of a nearby hill crashed on an adjoining ground plus one structure located in the chawl. The injured have been sent to Sion Hospital for treatment.

Karnataka chief minister Basvaraj Bommai on Wednesday directed immediate rescue and relief work in coastal areas of the state due to heavy rain. 

"I have held discussions with deputy commissioners of rain affected districts. Already rescue works are on and I have directed to take up relief work. Because of heavy and incessant rains houses and properties have got damaged in coastal districts and Kodagu, and the rains have continued," Bommai told reporters in Bengaluru. 

Amid the heavy rainfall in Mumbai, Central Railway's CPRO Shivaji M Sutar said on Wednesday that the department is taking help from the Railway Police and has planned for crowd management. 

“Our social media kept informing about late trains which helped public and us by controlling the crowd,” Sutar said. 

Pointing out that several tracks were inundated due to rainfall, trains were delayed but did not stop. 

A landslide was reported in the Chunabhatti area on Wednesday in which two people were injured and three houses were damaged, according to the police. 

The BEST buses diverted in Mumbai have been diverted as waterlogging has been reported at 25 locations across the city. 

A landslide occurred on a road leading to the Pratapgad Fort in western Maharashtra's Satara district on Wednesday following heavy rains, PTI reported citing an official. No casualties were reported and no one was trapped in debris, Sanjay Sonawane, the Public Works Department's executive engineer, said. 

Heavy rainfall lashed Maharashtra's Thane on Wednesday leading to a rise in the water level of the Talao Pali lake. 

At least four people are feared dead after a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, news agency PTI reported Monday citing a disaster management agency official. Read more

As heavy rainfall continues in Mumbai, the IMD on Wednesday issued an orange alert for Maharashtra's capital city. 

All local train services on the Central and Western Railway are currently operational.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Wednesday that there is a possibility of “very heavy to extreamly heavy rainfall at isolated places” in Mumbai. 

The Lonavala town in Maharashtra received 166 mm rainfall in last 24 hours ending 6 am on Wednesday.