Nagpur: The Meteorological Department has predicted the possibility of monsoon being active in the State in the next four to five days. Almost all the districts of Vidarbha including Nagpur have been given Orange alert. Yellow alert has been given to Nashik, Kolhapur, Amravati, Wardha, Jalna, Akola, and Nanded districts.
Monsoon has become active in the state and rain has lashed various parts of the state. Nagpur district is also experiencing rains for the last two days. The Meteorological Department has warned of heavy rain in some parts of Maharashtra today.
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05 May 2025
Nagpur: The Meteorological Department has issued a forecast indicating the likelihood of active monsoon conditions in the State over the next four to five days. With this prediction, an Orange alert has been issued for almost all districts of Vidarbha, including Nagpur. Additionally, Nashik, Kolhapur, Amravati, Wardha, Jalna, Akola, and Nanded districts have been placed under a Yellow alert.
The monsoon season has already become active in Maharashtra, bringing rainfall to various parts of the state. Over the past two days, Nagpur district has also experienced consistent rainfall. In light of this, the Meteorological Department has issued a warning for heavy rain in specific regions of Maharashtra today.
Fire Department identifies 66 low-lying areas prone to flooding in Nagpur:
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s Fire and Emergency Services Department has identified 66 low lying and flood prone areas based on the assessment of last year’s emergency calls. Besides this, the fire department has also shortlisted 85 places situated in hollow areas adjacent to rivers and nullahs across the city.
“A majority of low lying and flood prone areas in the city have been created due to haphazard development, mostly due to the significant increase in heights of cement roads, unclean storm water networks, and unscientific cleaning of nullahs etc,” said officials from the fire department, who generally respond to emergency calls.
The newly constructed Manish Nagar RuB, Padole Square, Shankar Nagar Square etc are some of the examples, they said.
However, the disaster management cell does not have updated details of dilapidated structures in the city. “The Assistant Municipal Commissioners from 10 zones have failed to furnish details pertaining to the number of dilapidated structures in their zones. During the monsoon, there is always a fear of cave-ins at dilapidated structures. So, every year the fire department seeks details of such structures from the zones,” said a senior official from the fire department.
“Despite repeated reminders, none of the 10 zones have responded. Now, we have decided to consider the data of dilapidated structures of 2022,” added the officials. Lack of information may adversely affect NMC’s preparedness to deal with an emergency situation.
