Supply of vegetables & milk hit by road closures; several villages cut off in Kolhapur
In Kolhapur district, eight state highways, 34 major district roads and 14 other district roads were inundated on Wednesday.
Moreover, 79 barrages were also submerged, disconnecting several villages.
On Wednesday morning, the road leading to Radhanagari from Kolhapur was closed for vehicular traffic after the Bhogawati River water flooded the highway at Haladi Village.
Meanwhile, the floodwaters of the Panchaganga River breached the Kolhapur-Ratnagiri National Highway at Kerli village, prompting traffic diversion via Kerli-Jyotiba-Danewadi-Waghbil towards Ratnagiri.
Additionally, floodwaters of the Panchaganga encroached on the road between Kolhapur city and Shiye village, leading towards the Pune-Bengaluru National Highway on Wednesday evening. Traffic movement persisted through the flooded stretch.
The police may shut the road by late Wednesday night.
In Kolhapur city, the road between Gangawesh and Shivaji Bridge was shut after the Panchaganga water entered the road.
Floodwaters also reached the Sutarwada area.
With the Kolhapur-Gaganbawda and Kolhapur-Anuskura roads already closed, a large number of villages have been cut off. The supply of vegetables in the APMC market was largely affected, resulting in a price hike of Rs 40-Rs 50 per kg of vegetables on Wednesday.
The road closures also impacted daily milk collection to dairies. Sachin Patil, the public relations officer with Gokul Dairy, said, "Around 10,000 litres of daily milk collection was affected.
If the rain intensity continues for two to three more days, then the situation will become further critical."
Sadik Bagwan, a vegetable vendor from Shahupuri vegetable market, stated, "Although the supply isn't totally off, it was largely affected due to incessant rain followed by road closures. Vegetable produce was damaged due to incessant rains, and due to road closures, the supply was also hit, resulting in a hike of Rs 40 to Rs 50 per kg."
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