Mumbai, July 28 (TIWN) As a massive operation got underway to clean up the mess and muck left behind by last week's horrendous floods in western and coastal Maharashtra, the death toll climbed up from 192 to 209 on Tuesday, with another eight still reported missing, the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) said.

As many as 434,185 people have been evacuated and relocated to safer areas after their homes were submerged or badly damaged in the flood waters, which reached up to 20 feet high in some areas, with 1,351 villages directly affected by the rain fury.  The largest evacuation took place from western Maharashtra districts - Sangli (211,808), Kolhapur (161,564), Satara (49,149), and Pune (263), followed by Konkan districts - Thane (6,930), Sindhudurg (1,271), Ratnagiri (1,200), and Raigad (1,000), and a majority have been housed in 308 relief camps, the SDMA said.  At least 52 people injured in various incidents are undergoing treatment at various hospitals in Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Sangli, Satara, and Kolhapur, while a few victims of hill-slides in Raigad have been admitted to specialised hospitals in Mumbai.