Finally after a week, the National highway police on Monday has opened the National Highway (NH4), partially. It is the Mumbai and Bengaluru stretch via Kolhapur.

The situation in flood-hit Kolhapur and Sangli districts continued to be a cause of concern as the Panchaganga and Krishna rivers were overflowing. Due to continued rains, flooding, landslide and blockages at several points on the highway had shut down.