Continues rains in Sangli, Satara and Kolhapur has left these placed in a flood-like situation. On average, a total 142 per cent rainfall was received, while in Sangli 225 per cent, in Pune 168 per cent and Kolhapur 123 per cent. During rescue operations, women, children and senior citizens have been given preference.

In a rescue operation on Thursday from Sangli around 80,390 people were rescued, from Kolhapur around 97,102 people were shifted, Satara 7085 people rescued, from Pandharpur and Solapur, a total of 7749 2,05,591 people were shifted to a safe place.

In three days, due to floods in Pune and Western Maharashtra, 27 people died while five people went missing. From Sangli, 11 people, Kolhapur, two, seven people from Satara, six from Pune and one from Solapur died.

Local resident and Swabhimani Shetkari Sangathana party member Sandep Rajoba said, "In Sangli the administration is not prepared. We called them to help us but they claimed that they are helpless. The boats were less and there was no coordination between the NDRF and defence personnel. Most of them were unaware of the geography of the area. We are requesting them to take help of local residents who can guide them but they remain unheard to our grievances."

Pune Divisional Commissioner Deepak Mhaiskar said, “In Pune, Kolhapur and Sangli, red alert has been declared. In Kolhapur, seven NDRF teams consisting of 20 boats and 100 jawans are deployed along with 14 squads from the Navy. A total of around 491 jawans have been deployed. While in Sangli, eight NDRF teams with 28 boats 190 jawans and around 54 army jawans, as well as five Navy teams, have been deployed. “

A total of 204 roads have been blocked including the highway in Sangli (47), in Kolhapur (86), Satara (12), Pune (32) due to the floods. In Kolhapur, the situation is critical as most of the petrol pumps in the area are closed as there is no fuel. The ambulances and vehicle owners are running from pillar to post to arrange for diesel.