Nashik's schools and colleges get closed due to heavy rains

The educational institutions of Maharashtra's Nashik city today got closed following heavy rains over the last few days.

Today, the schools and colleges of Maharashtra's Nashik city have been closed due to heavy rains over the last few days. People in flood-prone areas were asked to shift to other safer locations, said officials. A team of the State Disaster Response Force has also arrived in Nashik for assistance.

“The decision to keep colleges and schools closed today is taken as a precautionary measure. We are closely monitoring the rain situation,” an official from the district collectorate said, as reported by NDTV.

India Meteorological Department issues red alert 

The India Meteorological Department has issued a 'red alert' for the North Maharashtra district from July 11 to 14, predicting a very heavy downpour.

On July 11, very heavy rains were witnessed near the Saptashrungi temple located some 70 km from the city. Water gushed from over a protection wall on the return route from the temple and nearly six devotees received minor injuries during flooding on the temple steps, confirmed the authorities. They were initially rushed to the temple trust hospital and later taken to Vani for treatment.

Orange alert for Mumbai till July 14

As per the regional meteorological centre, very heavy rainfall is expected at isolated places for the next 24 hours with occasional gusty winds reaching 40-50 kmph, as reported by Hindustan Times.

“Moderate to intense spells of rain very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Mumbai, Palghar, Thane, Raigad, Ghat areas of Pune & Satara, Nanded, Hingoli, Parbhani, Latur during the next 3-4 hours,” IMD Mumbai said.

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