The administration in Maharashtra's Nashik district has issued an alert for the citizens amid a rise in the water level of the Godavari river due to heavy rains, officials said on Sunday, reported the PTI.

An official said that in the wake of incessant Maharashtra rains in Nashik district, the authorities released 4,000 cusecs of water from Gangapur dam, which supplies water to Nashik city, at 4 pm, as per the PTI.