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Pune rains: Businessmen, farmers stare at huge losses
Updated On: 30 September, 2019 07:31 AM IST | Pune | Chaitraly Deshmukh, Ranjeet Jadhav
Floodwater sweeps away belongings and crops, damages nursery; tehsildar says compensation to be disbursed soon
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Owner's son Atul Borkar and Pawan Yadav in the nursery. Pics/Pradeep Dhivar
Saswad: Even as last week's deluge brings stories of devastation, places across Pune district continue to reel under its aftermath. Sixty-five-year-old Bharat Nana Kshirasagar, whose bungalow and Sai Krupa hotel in Narayangoan have been completely damaged by rain, struggles to make ends meet. Floodwaters have swept away the belongings of his 12-member family and all the furniture at his hotel, which is located adjacent to his house, too. "It seems we have to start from scratch again," he told mid-day despondently.
"I have never witnessed such rainfall. It damaged our house and swept away all our belongings. Of the nine refrigerators that my hotel has, only one is working." He added, "My grandchildren have to go to school from Monday but all their uniforms and bags went away in the flood waters. We have to start our journey again from rags. It took us three days to clean the house. We still go out in search of our belongings. I found some of my hotel chairs two kilometers away and brought back those which could be used."
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