The PMC has taken precautionary measures to avoid the large scale damage in the event of floods during monsoon and a meeting of police officials, homeguards, irrigation department officials, electricity and telecom departments was held today to emphasise the mandatory coordination amongst them.

Assistant Municipal Commissioner (slum control department) S N Jawdekar said that slum dwellers located near the Mutha river will be temporarily shifted to PMC-run schools. The civic administration has called upon the the slum dwellers to shift before the monsoon starts in order to avoid the damage caused by floods.