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Maharashtra landslide loss of life toll rises to 24; seek and rescue nonetheless underway

By way of PTI

MUMBAI: Seek and rescue groups on Saturday recovered two extra our bodies from the particles on the landslide-affected Irshalwadi village in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, taking the loss of life toll within the tragedy to 24, an reliable mentioned.

Each the deceased had been ladies, he mentioned.

“Our bodies of 2 ladies had been recovered from the landslide web site in Irshalwadi on Saturday morning,” an reliable of the Nationwide Crisis Reaction Drive (NDRF) mentioned.

With this, the loss of life toll within the landslide tragedy has long past as much as 24, he mentioned, including that the hunt and rescue paintings remains to be underway as 84 individuals are but to be traced.

The sort of two deceased ladies is known as 32-year-old Mahi Madhu Tirkat, he added.

Groups of the NDRF and different govt businesses resumed their seek and rescue operation on the landslide web site, situated in hilly terrain, within the morning. That is the 3rd day of the hunt operation.

The huge landslide hit Irshalwadi, a tribal village situated on a hill slope within the coastal district, round 80km from Mumbai, on Wednesday evening.

A minimum of 17 of 48 properties within the village had been totally or partly buried underneath the landslide particles.

Because the village, lost sight of by means of Irshalgad fortress, a well-liked trekking vacation spot, does now not have a pucca street, earth movers and excavators may now not be simply moved and the rescue operation is being performed manually, officers mentioned.

MUMBAI: Seek and rescue groups on Saturday recovered two extra our bodies from the particles on the landslide-affected Irshalwadi village in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, taking the loss of life toll within the tragedy to 24, an reliable mentioned.

Each the deceased had been ladies, he mentioned.

“Our bodies of 2 ladies had been recovered from the landslide web site in Irshalwadi on Saturday morning,” an reliable of the Nationwide Crisis Reaction Drive (NDRF) mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

With this, the loss of life toll within the landslide tragedy has long past as much as 24, he mentioned, including that the hunt and rescue paintings remains to be underway as 84 individuals are but to be traced.

The sort of two deceased ladies is known as 32-year-old Mahi Madhu Tirkat, he added.

Groups of the NDRF and different govt businesses resumed their seek and rescue operation on the landslide web site, situated in hilly terrain, within the morning. That is the 3rd day of the hunt operation.

The huge landslide hit Irshalwadi, a tribal village situated on a hill slope within the coastal district, round 80km from Mumbai, on Wednesday evening.

A minimum of 17 of 48 properties within the village had been totally or partly buried underneath the landslide particles.

Because the village, lost sight of by means of Irshalgad fortress, a well-liked trekking vacation spot, does now not have a pucca street, earth movers and excavators may now not be simply moved and the rescue operation is being performed manually, officers mentioned.