Teachers and staff preparing for the Marathwada Mukti Sangram Din on September 17 are excluded from the order regarding schools being closed on Tuesday, an official said
As a precautionary measure, the Beed district administration has decided to close anganwadis, primary, and middle schools on Tuesday. Representational Pic/File
The administration in Beed district of Maharashtra announced closure of schools for Classes 1 to 7 on Tuesday due to heavy rains and flooding, an official said on Monday, reported the PTI.
As incessant rainfall lashed parts of the district, rivers are in spate, flowing above the danger mark, he said.
As a precautionary measure, the district administration has decided to close anganwadis, primary, and middle schools on Tuesday.
Teachers and staff preparing for the Marathwada Mukti Sangram Din on September 17 are excluded from the order, the official added.
An orange alert was issued for Beed and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, while a yellow alert was sounded for Nanded, Latur, Dharashiv, Parbhani, Hingoli, and Jalna for Monday.
Meanwhile, heavy rains lashed parts of Marathwada region in Maharashtra on the second consecutive day on Monday, sending rivers in spate and inundating several areas, reported the PTI.
Keshegaon circle in Dharashiv district recorded the highest rainfall of 105 mm in the 24 hours ending at 8:30 am on Monday, the officials said.
Heavy rainfall was recorded in 32 revenue circles across Beed, Latur, Dharashiv, Parbhani, and Hingoli districts.
A day earlier, an intense wet spell affected seven villages in Hingoli district.
The officials said that two women from Gunda village of Vasmat drowned in flowing water and died, as per the PTI.
The average rainfall in the Marathwada region, comprising eight districts, since June this year has been recorded at 676 mm, which is 79 mm above the average rainfall.
Copious rains have boosted the water stock in eleven major irrigation projects in the region to 94.36 per cent. The water storage stood at 89.32 per cent on the same day last year, according to the PTI.
Water is discharged at the rate of 1.51 lakh cusecs from ten irrigation projects, with the highest discharge of 91,854 cusecs underway from the Vishnupuri dam in Nanded, officials added, the news agency reported.
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a series of weather alerts across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and Konkan belt for Monday, warning of widespread rainfall activity accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds.
Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar districts are under an orange alert, with forecasts indicating heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places, along with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds. These conditions are considered very likely, raising the risk of disruptions to daily life, particularly in low-lying and flood-prone areas.
(with PTI inputs)
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