Flood situation under control in Maharashtra: CM

The flood situation in Maharashtra is under control and the state government is keeping a close watch on it, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said today.

Deshmukh, who visited the low lying areas of the city this morning, said that the army was assisting police and civic officials in rescue and relief operations in flood-affected districts of Buldana, Jalgaon, Nanded and Yavatmal.

Food packets and water bottles were being aerially dropped to marooned people, he added.

Meanwhile, three inter-city trains on the Central Railway route from Pune to Mumbai were cancelled, railway sources said.