Mumbai: After the flood situation and the wrath of rain in Maharashtra, the state government has claimed to help farmers and villages. State Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered all ministers to visit the affected villages, after which the ministers are also visiting the affected and flood-affected villages. Due to the flood situation in several villages including Beed and Osmanabad in Maharashtra, more than 100 villages have also been cut off. The situation has further deteriorated due to the increase in the water level of the river. Farmers’ crops have been destroyed.

State Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has visited the flood-affected villages in Mahad and assessed the damage. He has said that the villages and farms have been damaged on a large scale. Due to water accumulating in the houses in the low-lying areas, food items and household goods have been damaged. During the flood situation, 22 people have been safely evacuated by NDRF teams. The rescue operation is underway, along with this, there is anger among the people. The government has decided that relief will be provided to all the victims before Diwali. The government has released a fund of Rs 2,000 crore due to emergencies and floods, with this, relief is being ensured. The Chief Minister said that this relief will not be limited to farmers only, but all the victims will be provided relief, including those whose houses were flooded and compensation will be given for the damage caused in low-lying areas.

Dissatisfaction with the pictures of Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Pratap Sarnaik in the relief campaign Dissatisfaction was found in Dharashiv Osmanabad over the pasting of pictures of Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Pratap Sarnaik on relief and relief kits. The people expressed their displeasure and directed to take back the relief truck. After political publicity in relief works, the people of the state have now raised the question that they were in the rain for two or three days but no one provided them any assistance but now politics is being done on it. On the other hand, the opposition has also criticized it. On this issue, Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bankole said that the flood-affected villages need assistance and politics should not be done on it. He said that the allegations being made by the opposition regarding publicity on aid, what did it do in its time? He said that instead of politicizing this matter, there is a need to extend a helping hand.

Mumbai: Seven people, of which six are women suffered severe burns upto 90%, in Kandivali’s Akurli area after a fire that erupted due to potential LPG gas leak. Four injured are taken to ESCI hospital. Three were taken to BDBA hospital and now are transferred to Kasturba hospital for further treatment.

The incident took place at Ram Kisan Mestri Chawl, Besides, Opposite ESIC hospital, Military Road, Akurli Cross Road No 3, Kandivali East, and reported this morning at 9.05 am to the Mumbai Fire Brigade. 

The injured taken to ESCI hospital are identified as : Shivani Gandhi (51), 70% burn; Nitu Gupta (31); 80% burn, Janaki Gupta (39), 70% burn and Manaram Kumacat (55), 40% burn. The injured transferred to Kasturba hospital are identified as: Raksha Joshi (47), 85 to 90% burn; Durga Gupta (30), 85 to 90% burn and Poonam (28), 90% burn injury.

As per details from disaster management, the fire was confined to electric wiring, electric installation, edibles, LPG cylinder, main valve, leaked LP Gas regulator, gas stove etc in the ground plus one floored shop. 

The fire was extinguished at 9.33 am.

The condition of the injured is said to be critical and they are under treatment. 

Further information in the incident is awaited.

The Kalyan police have arrested seven individuals for allegedly gang-raping a 17-year-old girl on multiple occasions in Kalyan.

According to the police, the incident began in March this year when the victim received a friend request on Instagram from one of the accused, who is a relative. She accepted the request and began conversing with him, including over regular calls. Later, the accused introduced her to another man, and she also began communicating with him. Eventually, a physical relationship was established between them.

The accused later recorded intimate moments with the girl and shared the video with his friends. Subsequently, the other six accused sexually assaulted her after threatening to make the video viral. Following this, the girl became pregnant and later suffered a miscarriage.

The incident came to light when a relative informed the victim’s father about an intimate video of his daughter that had gone viral on social media. Thereafter, the father along with the victim approached the Mahatma Phule Police Station on Monday and filed a First Information Report (FIR) against the accused.

Based on the complaint, an FIR was lodged under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (formerly the Indian Penal Code), the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and the Information Technology Act.

Baliaram Pardeshi, Senior Police Inspector from Mahatma Phule Police Station, said, “So far, seven accused have been arrested and produced in court, where they were remanded to police custody until September 30. We have formed a team to trace the one absconding accused.”