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The most affected regions were the districts of Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Satara, Sangli and Kolhapur. [7] Due to heavy rains, more than 1,020 villages were affected in these districts. Over 375,000 people have been evacuated, of whom around 206,000 were from Sangli district and around 150,000 from Kolhapur district. [7]
The floods were caused by the eighth heaviest-ever recorded 24-hour rainfall figure of 944 mm (37.17 inches) which lashed the metropolis on 26 July 2005, and intermittently continued for the next day. 644mm (25.35 inches) was received within the 12-hour period between 8 am and 8 pm. Torrential rainfall continued for the next week.
It was the second-heaviest rainfall in Mumbai in the last 25 years, according to a tweet by Maharashtra's ex-chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis. [citation needed] Maharashtra has a huge & heavy rainfall in 2019, affecting districts of Kolhapur, Sangli (which was the worst), Satara, Thane, Palghar, and Pune. [citation needed]
Kolhapur has a sex ratio of 953 females for every 1000 males. 31.73% of the population live in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 13.01% and 0.78% of the population respectively. [7] Kolhapur has one of the highest Human Development Index in India which stood at 0.770 in 2011. [8] [9]
Mumbai Metropolitan Region (ISO: Muṁbaī Mahānagara Pradēśa; abbreviated to MMR and previously also known as Greater Bombay Metropolitan Area), [6] [7] is a metropolitan area consisting of Mumbai and its satellite towns in the northern Konkan division of Maharashtra in western India.
The climate of Mumbai is tropical, with defined wet and dry seasons (Köppen: Aw/Am).The mean annual temperature is 27.7 °C or 81.9 °F. Average annual rainfall is 2,213.4 millimetres or 87 inches in Colaba, which represents South Mumbai and 2,502.3 millimetres or 99 inches in Santacruz, which represents central and suburban Mumbai. [1]
Nearest airport is Kolhapur (12 km) Ratnagiri port is 110 km and Panaji (Goa)and Dabolim airport 210 km. Two other major cities Pune and Mumbai are accessed via the National Highway and railways. The other major industrial areas, Shiroli, Udyamnagar in Kolhapur and Gokul-shirgaon, are just 12 km, 15 km and 5 km from this area. 5-star MIDC is ...