Amid incessant rains hitting several parts of Gujarat, the National Defence Response Forces (NDRF) team on Saturday conducted a rescue operation in the Junagadh district of the region.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) continued search and rescue operations at the Raigad Irshalgad landslide-hit area on Saturday. So far, 22 dead bodies have been recovered from the site, according to officials.
A total of 21 bodies have been recovered so far after a major landslide hit Irshalwadi village in Khalapur tehsil in Maharashtra's Raigad district on July 19 following the torrential rains in the region, officials said on Friday.
As many as 16 people were killed and several others were injured after the landslide occurred at Irshalwadi village in Khalapur tehsil in Maharashtra's Raigad district on Thursday, officials said.
Amid incessant rainfall, Maharashtra Disaster Management Minister Anil Patil on Thursday said that 98 out of 178 people have been rescued so far and 12 have died adding that the rescue operations are still underway.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday expressed grief over the landslide incident in Raigad that killed at least four people. He also announced an aid of five lakh rupees to the families of the deceased, said officials.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that he had spoken to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde regarding the landslide that occurred as a result of heavy rains in Maharashtra's Raigad and that a total of 4 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams were deployed to carry ou
The NDRF said that two teams have reached the spot and launched the search and rescue operation. They further informed that two more teams have left from Mumbai to join the operation.
Jerath police outpost in charge Ganesh Dubey said, “A youth Virendra was going to his home along with his aunty Rajni Patel, who works as Anganwadi workers, on a bike after she had her meeting in Pathariya in the district. On their way, they got swept away while crossing a culvert o
The rescue operation is scheduled to begin tomorrow morning at approximately 8:15 am, following the arrival of the diving team from Colaba, an official said.