In the northern part of the country, Delhi’s air quality hit an eight-month low on Thursday and stubble burning accounted for just six percent of the city’s PM2.5 concentration, even as a smoky layer of haze it remained over the Delhi-NCR region. with air quality reaching ‘very poor’ levels on Thursday.
While the Gradual Response Action Plan (GRAP), a set of anti-pollution measures followed in and around Delhi according to the severity of the situation, also came into effect in Delhi, NASA satellite images showed a large group of agricultural fires. near Amritsar, Patiala, Tarn Taran and Firozpur in Punjab, and Ambala and Rajpura in Haryana.
In Karnataka, Yadgir, Raichur, Ballari, Bidar, Vijayapura, Bagalkote, Belagavi, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Gadag, Koppal, Haveri and Dharwad were the most affected by the floods. According to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Management Center, the gates of the main dams have opened, causing water to flow into villages and islands to form in different locations.
According to sources from the Karnataka Disaster Management Authority, up to 515 animals lost their lives, while 4,782 people have been transferred to 36 relief camps opened by the district administration. This is the third wave of flooding in the state in the last three months. Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said on Thursday that he will hold a review meeting with the administrations of the districts that have been affected by torrential rains and floods, and that the funds needed to undertake relief work are being released. .
Meanwhile – Pune, Solapur, Sangli, Satara and Kolhapur in western Maharashtra are witnessing heavy rains for the past two days. Authorities said at least 27 people have died in rain-related incidents in Solapur, Sangli and Pune districts, while more than 20,000 people have been evacuated to safer locations in these three districts. The state capital, Mumbai, also witnessed flooding in many areas after Thursday night rains. In Pune, four people died after being swept away by a creek that grew in Khanota in Daund tehsil, while one person remained missing. Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray also chaired a review meeting and called on the state administration, Army, Navy and Air Force to be on high alert to address any emergencies arising from heavy rains and a similar situation. to a flood in parts of western Maharashtra and Marathwada. In a statement, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said that teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been stationed in Osmanabad, Solapur, Pandharpurand Baramati.
Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana limped back to normal with relief measures that the government stepped up, as there was no rain on Thursday and water began to decline in most of the boundaries of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) , although some localities still remained flooded.
Teams from the Disaster Response Force (DRF) were continuously working to normalize the situation in the city. In the state, around 44,000 people were housed in 64 relief camps and 45,000 food packages were provided. On the expected rain, the IMD said that “light to moderate rains in most places with heavy to very heavy falls in isolated locations would occur over Konkan and Goa and the adjacent Maharashtra ghat areas.
Extremely heavy falls (more than 20 cm per day) are also likely to occur over southern Konkan and adjacent Maharashtra ghat areas. “Strong winds with speeds of 25 to 35 km / h, with gusts of 45 km / h, are likely to prevail over east central and northeast Arabia. Sea and along and off the coast of Maharashtra, Goa and southern Gujarat for the next 12 hours.
It would increase, becoming turbulent with a wind speed of 40 to 50 km / h and gusts of 60 km / h in the central east and northeast of the Arabian Sea and along and off the coasts of Maharashtra, Goa and southern Gujarat from the night of Oct. 15, IMD said.
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