Over two lakh people have been evacuated to safer places due to the floods that have wreaked havoc in five districts of Western Maharashtra, the worst hit being the districts of Sangli and Kolhapur, as of Thursday.
NCP leader and MLA from Shirala (Maharashtra) Mansinghrao Naik and Jayashree Patil have been elected unopposed as the Chairman and Vice-Chairperson of Sangli District
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