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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert for heavy rains in Mumbai for Wednesday (August 20). However, the rain has subsided to a drizzle since midnight after torrential downpours, and no fresh waterlogging has been reported in the city today.

Meanwhile, local trains are running with delays.

Amid heavy and incessant rains and floods across Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday instructed all agencies to be on alert mode to control the situation.

“The district collectors have been asked to provide immediate assistance in case of loss of life, livestock and damage to houses. Panchnamas should also be done immediately for the damage to agriculture, and action has been taken to provide compensation as per the norms of NDRF,” he told reporters after the weekly cabinet meeting to review the situation arising out of heavy rains.

Fadnavis said that there is prima facie information that crops on about 12 to 14 lakh acres in the state have been affected.

This is a developing story, details will be added soon.

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