Heavy rains lash Baramati, Indapur in Pune; NDRF deploys two teams

Heavy rains lashed Baramati and Indapur tehsils in Pune on Sunday resulting in a floodlike situation in several areas prompting the National Disaster Response Force NDRF to deploy specialised teams on the urgent request of the district collector officials said reported news agency PTIBaramati tehsil received 836 millimetres of rain during the day while the figure was 357 mm for Indapur they addedPune Rural Superintendent of Police Sandip Singh Gill said a stretch of the PuneSolapur highway near Indapur remained closed for about two hours due to waterlogging but traffic resumed after the water receded reported PTIRainwater entered several homes in 70 villages in Indapur as well as 150 homes in Baramati forcing local authorities to immediately shift residents to safety police and district officials saidIn response to an urgent requisition from the district collector the NDRF deployed two specialized teams to conduct rescue and relief operations in Baramati and Indapur In Baramati 19 homes suffered partial damage In Katewadi a family of seven stranded in their waterlogged home was rescued by locals and officials In Jalochi village one Rupesh Singh stranded in a stream after his motorcycle was swept away was rescued by the fire brigade an official said reported PTIIn a release the NDRF said The deployment was necessitated due to a breach in water canals which resulted in severe inundation of multiple lowlying residential areas Rising water levels in Kara river Baramati and Neera river Indapur further exacerbated the risk triggering urgent evacuation concerns Initially seven people were reported trapped in Baramati and two in IndapurBoth NDRF teams were mobilized from the unit headquarters in the evening They comprise trained personnel including divers equipped with deep diving sets flood water rescue FWR gear and medical first response MFR equipment The teams were dispatched to Baramati and Indapur for immediate response All stranded people have been rescued it addedIn a message on X Baramati Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule requested the states higher education ministry to postpone exams of various departments scheduled on Monday due to heavy rains in the districtThere has been continuous rainfall in Pune district and its adjacent areas for the last three to four days This has led to a floodlike situation in many areas Students may face difficulties who are appearing for the engineering department and other exams to be held tomorrow I humbly request the Minister of Higher and Technical Education Chandrakantdada Patil that he should consider postponing all the exams scheduled to be held tomorrow considering the interest of the students she said in her postIn another post the NCP SP leader said rains over the past three days in Pune and her Baramati Lok Sabha constituency had caused waterlogging due to overflowing of drains and streams and urged people to take all precautions over the coming periodIn the post she asked the district collectorate the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority and civic bodies to take note of the rains and activate the administrative apparatus and also ensure affected people are given immediate reliefWith inputs from PTIatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params