Maharashtra: Death Toll in Floods and Landslides Rises to 112

  • | Sunday | 25th July, 2021

NDRF team is at their best trying to rescue all the people stuck in the flood or landslide. 

The situation in Maharashtra is critical, now at least 112 people have lost their lives and 99 others are still missing said the officials days after heavy rain in Konkan and western Maharashtra region triggered flooding and landslides in several districts. 

Around 135,313 people were evacuated from vulnerable areas in nine districts that were hit by landslides and floods on Thursday and Friday, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar said.

“A total of 112 people have lost their lives due to heavy rains till Saturday morning (in Maharashtra). These include 52 in Raigad, 13 in Satara, four in Mumbai and nearby areas, one in Pune, 21 in Ratnagiri, seven in Kolhapur, 12 in Thane and two in Sindhudurg. 99 people are missing till Saturday morning,” the deputy CM said.

Relief and rehabilitation minister Vijay Wadettiwar, however, put the death toll much higher. “138 deaths have been reported due to floods and other rain-related incidents,” he said, earlier in the day.

The toll is likely to increase, with heavy rainfall stalling rescue operations in several areas. Till Saturday evening, a team of the police and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) alone, recovered at least 86 bodies47 in Raigad district’s Taliye village, 28 bodies in Satara district, and 11 in Ratnagiri.


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