According to an NDRF official, no physique was recovered to this point after the search and rescue operation resumed within the morning. The demise toll within the landslide mounted to 27 on Saturday,
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and different businesses resumed the search and rescue operation for the fourth day on Sunday at Irshalwadi village in Maharashtra’s Raigad district the place an enormous landslide led to the demise of at the very least 27 folks, officers stated.
According to an NDRF official, no physique was recovered to this point after the search and rescue operation resumed within the morning. The demise toll within the landslide mounted to 27 on Saturday whereas 81 individuals are but to be traced, officers earlier stated.
The landslide on the tribal village, located on a hill slope below Khalapur tehsil that’s situated round 80 km from Mumbai, occurred on Wednesday evening. At least 17 of 48 homes within the village had been absolutely or partially buried below the landslide particles, officers stated.
The search and rescue operation was referred to as off on Saturday evening on account of dangerous gentle and inclement climate and resumed on Sunday morning. The rescue operation is being carried out manually as earthmovers and excavators couldn’t be simply moved to the village within the absence of a pucca street.
Of the 27 our bodies recovered to this point, 12 are ladies, 10 males and 4 kids, whereas one individual is unidentified, officers stated. Nine members of a household had perished within the catastrophe, they stated.
On Saturday, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray met residents of Irshalwadi. He stated folks dwelling in landslide-prone areas in Maharashtra must be moved to safer areas.
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