Summary:
Labourers and officers of the Solid Waste Management (SWD), sewerage operations, insecticide department and even fire brigade with all the necessary material and vehicles have left for Sangli on Sunday night. The message went to all officers by Sunday evening and the sewerage team had left by Sunday night for Sangli. Around 11 buses with all 325 workers and officers left for Sangli," said Ashok Khaire, deputy municipal commissioner of SWD. Around 40 deaths have been reported from Sangli and Kolhapur due to the heavy rain and flood in the last couple of weeks. From solid waste management: 325 labourers and officers with 7 JCBs, 8 dumpers, and other items used for sweeping and cleaning..