A dramatic rescue operation took place on Friday morning when a 50-year-old man, identified as Bajrang Khamkar from Lakhewadi village in Sangli's Shirala, was found stranded on a tree in the flooded Warna river. He had fallen into the river the previous night around 9 pm after losing balance on a bridge. The incident occurred on the border of Kolhapur and Sangli districts in western Maharashtra.

The Kolhapur Disaster Response Force (KDRF) was instrumental in saving the man's life. The heavy rainfall in Kolhapur district over the past few days had led to increased water levels in several rivers, including the Panchganga and the Warna.