Death toll in landslide at Maharashtra village rises to 26

Mumbai: The search and rescue teams recovered three more bodies, one male and two female, from the debris at the landslide-affected Irshalwadi village in Maharashtra's Raigad district, taking the death toll in the tragedy to 26, reported ANI.

Earlier today, two bodies were recovered. Both the deceased were women, reported PTI, citing police official.

"Bodies of two women were recovered from the landslide site in Irshalwadi on Saturday morning," reported PTI, citing an official of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).


Teams of the NDRF and other government agencies resumed their search and rescue operation at the landslide site, located in a hilly terrain, in the morning. This is the third day of the search operation.

The massive landslide hit Irshalwadi, a tribal village located on a hill slope in the coastal district, around 80km from Mumbai, on Wednesday night. At least 17 of 48 houses in the village were fully or partially buried under the landslide debris.

As the village, overlooked by Irshalgad fort, a popular trekking destination, does not have a pucca road, earth movers and excavators could not be easily moved and the rescue operation is being carried out manually, officials said.

(With inputs from agencies)