While commuters in the national capital had a harrowing time on Monday due to severe waterlogging and traffic congestion, several districts of Gujarat received heavy rainfall resulting in four villages getting marooned in the worst affected Gir Somnath district, even as the NDRF had to be deployed to rescue 70 passengers of a metre gauge train and the Air Force was put on alert.
Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana has threatened to block milk supply to prominent cities in Maharashtra from Sunday midnight as a part of their agitation to demand a higher price for cow's milk.
Maharashtra dairy farmers' protest: Swabhimani Shetkari Sangathna workers set ablaze a milk tanker in Malegaon. Driver later escaped the fire without any injuries. The organisation is demanding price hike for milk farmers.
Even though the strike is expected to hit milk supply in the state, officials said Mumbai has a two-day buffer stock for usage.
Maharashtra milk farmers on strike today demanding hike of Rs 5/litre in procurement prices
Maharashtra: Heavy rainfall alert issued for Palghar
The Indian Meteorological department on Sunday predicted heavy downpour in the districts of Nadurbar, Dhule, Jalgaon and Nasik for next three days. Meanwhile, heavy rains continued to lash Palghar district on Sunday.
Meanwhile, heavy rains continued to lash Palghar district on Sunday.
The Maharashtra Food and Civil Supplies Minister Ravindra Chavan on Friday announced that food items from outside will be allowed in multiplexes from August 1.
Maharashtra: Truck carrying cows rams into 4 vehicles, one killed, driver held
The BJP-led state government had in June last year launched a scheme to provide Rs 34,000 crore debt relief to 89 lakh financially distressed farmers.
More Monsoon rains likely in Maharashtra in next 48 hours
The 25th arrest in the lynching case was made on Sunday after a senior police official identified the accused as Dashrath Pimpalse (35).
13 people rescued from a waterfall in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri
WATCH: Woman falls off bike, dies after being run over by bus in Thane, Maharashtra
Mumbai and several other parts of Maharashtra have been receiving heavy rains since Saturday morning resulting throwing normal life out of gear.
One picknicker died and more than 100 people were rescued by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams from the Chinchoti waterfall in Vasai in Palghar district on Saturday.
Mumbai and several other parts of Maharashtra have been receiving heavy rains since Saturday morning resulting throwing normal life out of gear.
Heavy rain wreaks havoc in Maharashtra, Uttarakhand
The city witnessed heavy rains from last night, which resulted in water logging at several places. Since the switching centre which supplies power to Vidhan Bhavan was flooded, the power supply had to be shut down for safety purposes.
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