Tiware dam breach: CM Devendra Fadnavis orders probe

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered an inquiry regarding the reasons for the breach into Ratnagiri's Tiware Dam which claimed six lives and several injured on Wednesday.

Ratnagiri (Maharastra):Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday ordered a probe into Maharashtra's Tewari Dam breach incident which claimed six lives and left several others injured.

Meanwhile, Fadnavis also held talks with the Ratnagiri collector and other officials to take stock of the situation.

However, Fadnavis has also asked his Water Resources & Irrigation Minister Girish Mahajan to visit Ratnagiri and provide relief to affected families.

The Tiware dam in Chiplun taluka of Ratnagiri district has a storage capacity of 20 lakh cubic metre. According to the local public representatives, the government neglected their pleas for maintenance of the dam.

They claimed to have written to the administration about cracks in the walls of the dam, but no action was taken.

Additional Superintendent of Police, Ratnagiri, Vishal Gaikwad said a search operation has been launched by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and state police personnel.

At least six people were killed and 16 went missing after a dam in Maharashtra's coastal Konkan region breached following incessant rains leading to flood-like situation in downstream villages.