Five teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were airlifted from Punjab for the rescue operations in the flood-hit state of Maharashtra, sources stated on Thursday. The teams will arrive in Pune and spread to flood-affected areas of Kolhapur and Sangli. Till now, the National Disaster Response Force has rescued over 3,000 and 2, 900 people from Kolhapur and Sangli district, respectively.

Five teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been airlifted from Punjab for rescue operations in Maharashtra. They will arrive in Pune and then spread to flood-affected areas of Sangli, Kolhapur, and Pune.

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According to an official statement Deepak Mhaisekar, the Divisional Commissioner of Pune Division, seven in Satara, four people have died in Pune, two in Kolhapur, two in Sangli and one in Solapur. A total of 1,32,360 people from 28,397 families have been evacuated from flood-affected areas in these districts, it stated. Incessant rains in several parts across the state of Maharashtra have resulted in a massive flood-like situation. Rescue and relief operations are underway on a war footing in the rain-affected areas of the state.