On Thursday, villagers offered to manually open gates 6 and 16 of the Kadam project's sluice gates in order to discharge water and prevent adjacent neighborhoods from flooding. Officials claim that 16 of the 18 gates were open, but two remained closed due to motor issues. There was a 3.482 lakh cusec inflow, thus opening the two gates helped release 50,000 cusecs of water in addition to the 2.42 lakh cusecs already released.
As heavy rain continues in the city and suburbs, the india Meteorological Department (IMD) in mumbai has issued a "red" signal, which will last till 8.30 am on Friday. Many low-lying regions of Bhiwandi, Mira Bhayandar, Vasai, and Virar in the thane and Palghar districts were submerged, according to the officials, while a 32-year-old man was washed away in an overflowing nullah along a stream in Thane.
The Chief Secretary of telangana stated that top authorities, district collectors, and superintendents of police are continually monitoring the flood situation in the state as per the Chief Minister's instructions. Since July 22, eight persons have perished in telangana as a result of various rain-related occurrences, according to PTI news.