Floods Damage Homes, Crops in Western Maharashtra; 28 Dead

Floods Damage Homes, Crops in Western Maharashtra; 28 Dead 

Over 2,300 houses and large-scale crops were damaged in heavy rains and subsequent floods in Western Maharashtra districts, where more than 21,000 people were moved to safer places, said officials on Friday.

According to the divisional commissioner's office here, the death toll in rain-related incidents rose to 28 in the region - half of them in worst-hit Solapur district - with the recovery of one more body.

Crops such as sugarcane, soyabean, vegetables, rice, pomegranate and cotton, spread over 57,000 hectares in Pune, Solapur, Satara and Sangli districts, have suffered damage, it said.

Around 513 livestock perished in heavy rains and floods in the region, said a senior official from the Pune divisional commissioner's office.PTI