Heavy rains lashed parts of Pune city on Monday. The city on Sunday recorded 8.8mm of rainfall, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The IMD has predicted heavy rainfall in Pune city as a low pressure belt is building in the Bay of Bengal, as a result of which parts of Central and western Maharashtra may receive heavy rainfall between October 20 and 22.
Earlier this week, heavy rains and floods claimed at least 48 lives in Pune, Aurangabad and Konkan divisions, while crops on lakhs of hectares were damaged.
As per the official information, till Friday, as many as 40,036 people had been shifted to safer places in four districts, including over 32,500 in Solapur and over 6,000 in Pune.