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  • Maharashtra: Landslide in Thane; no casualty, six houses damaged

    By PTI

    THANE: At least six houses were damaged after a landslide in Kalwa area here in Maharashtra on Sunday, but no one was injured, a civic official said.

    The landslide took place in the Indira Nagar locality following which huge stones rolled down a hillock in the area, Thane Municipal Corporation’s regional disaster management cell (RDMC) chief Santosh Kadam said.

    Local firemen and a team of the RDMC rushed to the spot.

    As a precautionary measure, residents of 20 to 25 houses in the area were shifted to a civic school in Gholai Nagar, the official said.

  • Maharashtra rains: Death toll at 164, search ends in worst-hit village

    Express News Service
    MUMBAI:  The death toll in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra rose to 164 on Monday after the recovery of 11 more bodies in Raigad and two each in Wardha and Akola. Meanwhile, those who escaped the landslide in Taliye village that killed 84 people said they do not want to return to their village. 

    The Raigad District Magistrate has issued a notice saying the rescue operation at village officially ended on Monday. “The rescue operations have ended officially. We have withdrawn our teams from Taliye. The 31 missing will be declared dead following the due process…relatives of the missing people demanded closure of the operations since yesterday,” read the notice.

    Maharashtra government has promised to rehabilitate those affected by flood and landslides as well as compensation to the kin of those who lost their lives.  

    Sampati Prakash Chandrakar, the Sarpanch of Taliye village, said he will meet the residents of the village and decide the next course of action. “We want houses for our people. Many people who lost their houses in the landslide are either staying in schools or close relatives in villages. While some of them are staying at the empty houses for time being. The government promises rehabilitation. It should happen as early as possible,” Chandrakar said.

    Meanwhile, many are demanding that they be resettled elsewhere. “We had never imagined that we would lose our near and dear one in such a way. We would not like to stay at the same place where our loved ones died. It is also a dangerous location. We appeal to the government to rehabilitate us at safer locations,” said one of the villagers. The villagers had lost all their possession that many are now struggling to find food. “Our relatives are offering us meals two times a day. But for how long can we eat at their house?” a villagers said. 

  • CM Thackeray’s visit to flood-hit parts in western Maharashtra cancelled due to bad weather 

    By PTI
    MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had to cancel his visit to the flood-hit Patan taluka in Satara district on Monday due to rough weather, an official said.

    Thackeray was to take a helicopter from Pune to Koynanagar and conduct an aerial survey of the affected areas.

    He was also scheduled to meet the affected people at a shelter camp set up at a zilla parishad school in Koynanagar.

    An official in the Chief Minister’s Office said Thackeray is scheduled to return to Mumbai as the tour has been cancelled due to “inclement weather”.

    Heavy rains last week caused landslides at Ambeghar and Mirgaon villages of Patan taluka. So far, 41 people have died in Satara district, while 27 people are missing, according to the state government.

    Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar toured various rain-hit villages in Sangli district on Monday and used a rescue boat to reach out to flood victims in some areas. He also interacted with the flood-affected people and assured them of rehabilitation and all help from the state government.

    On Sunday, the CM visited flood-ravaged Chiplun town in Ratnagiri district in the Konkan region, and interacted with residents, businessmen and shopkeepers.

    He promised them all help from the state government to restore normalcy in the area.

    Thackeray had said they will require “central assistance for long-term mitigation measures” and a comprehensive data of the extent of damages will be prepared.

  • Maharashtra rains: Death toll rises to 164 after 11 more bodies recovered in Raigad

    By PTI
    MUMBAI: The death toll in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra rose to 164 on Monday after the recovery of 11 more bodies in Raigad and two each in Wardha and Akola, while 100 people were still missing, the state government said.

    So far, 2,29,074 persons have been evacuated from the affected areas, the government said in a statement.

    It said till now, 71 people have died in Raigad district, 41 in Satara, 21 in Ratnagiri, 12 in Thane, seven in Kolhapur, four in Mumbai and two each in Sindhudurg, Pune, Wardha and Akola.

    Besides, 56 people have been injured in rain-related incidents, while 100 people are still missing, it said.

    In Raigad, 53 people were reported missing, in Satara-27, Ratnagiri-14, Thane-four, and Sindhudurg and Kolhapur-one each.

    The release further said 34 people were so far injured in Raigad, seven each in Mumbai and Ratnagiri, six in Thane and two in Sindhudurg.

    Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar toured various rain-hit villages in Sangli district on Monday and used a rescue boat to reach out to flood victims in some areas.

    Pawar also interacted with the flood-affected people and assured them of rehabilitation and all help from the state government.

    On Sunday, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray visited Chiplun, the site of severe flooding in Ratnagiri district in the Konkan region, and interacted with residents, businessmen and shopkeepers.

    He promised them all help from the state government to restore normalcy in the area.

    Thackeray had said they will require “central assistance for long-term mitigation measures” and a comprehensive data of the extent of damages will be prepared.

    Heavy rains last week caused floods and landslides in some areas of Maharashtra, including the deadliest landslide at Taliye village in the Raigad district.

  • 90,000 rendered homeless in flood-battered Maharashtra

    By Express News Service
    MUMBAI: As rains finally took a break, the flood-ravaged districts of Maharashtra presented a grim scenario with over 90,000 people evacuated and only beginning to grapple with the idea of how to rebuild their lives, officials said here on Saturday.

    Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray along with chief secretary Sitaram Kunte visited Taliye village where 47 people lost their lives and 53 are still missing and assured rehabilitation of the affected families. He also announced the preparations of the master plan to control the torrential floods in the Konkan and western Maharashtra regions.

    “Government will work on this water management plan that will ensure that no areas of these regions face such high flooding due to heavy rain. This is the annual affair that has to be tackled by working on a long-term plan. It will help to save the lives of the people and avert the damages done to properties and cultivated land,” Thackeray said.

    According to the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA), the towns of Chiplun and Khed in Ratnagiri district were completely inundated with water, both remained cut-off from land routes as the Vashishti River bridge was washed away in the flood.

    As unprecedented rains jacked up the water levels to more than 15-20 feet (or, two-three floors of buildings), thousands of people were stranded on rooftops or upper floors and were seen screaming for help.

    The NDRF and ICG teams were deployed to rescue them while the IAF choppers dropped food and medicine packets, and over 1,000 were evacuated safely.

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    With a stupendous record 110-cms rainfall in the popular hill station of Mahabaleshwar, massive water rushed to the Koyna Dam and Koltewadi Dam and their discharges caused the Vashishti River to swell above the danger levels, resulting in floods in the towns and villages on its banks.

    There were over a dozen hillsides and landslips in different districts burying scores and many more reported missing and efforts on a war footing are on to rescue them from the slush and stones.

    The state government has sanctioned Rs.2-crore for relief operations to the affected regions where water levels started receding and cleaning operations have been taken up.

    The SDMA today pegged the current official death toll at 76 besides another 59 missing and 38 injured in the floods, hill-slips, landslides, and other rain-related tragedies.

    The worst-hit districts were Kolhapur, Raigad, Sangli, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg, Mumbai, and Thane, hitting a total of 890 villages.

    A total of 25 NDRF teams plus eight on standby, three units each of Indian Army and Indian Coast Guard, seven of Indian Navy, and one of Indian Air Force, besides local authorities are engaged in the rescue operations non-stop for the past over 24 hours.

    The SDMA said that with fresh rains starting in the area, the authorities are on high alert to prevent any untoward situation while health officials are keeping an eye on the region for a possible outbreak of any diseases in the flood aftermath.

    (With agency inputs)

  • Maharashtra rains: 11 bodies recovered from Ambeghar landslide site in Satara 

    By PTI
    PUNE: As many as 13 bodies have been recovered from two landslide sites in Western Maharashtra’s Satara district which was battered by torrential rains and some more people are still missing, a senior official said on Saturday evening.

    The number of bodies found at Ambeghar village, where four or five houses were buried under the rubble, rose to 11 and at least four persons were still missing, said district collector Shekhar Singh.

    Two bodies were found at the landslide site at Dhokawale village, while no bodies had been found yet at Mirgaon, he said.

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    Landslides took place at these three villages, located in Patan teshil, on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.

    Earlier the administration had said a total of 30 persons were missing, including 16 at Ambeghar and ten at Mirgaon.

    ALSO READ | CM Uddhav to visit flood-affected Mahad on Saturday; 44 bodies recovered so far

    The rescue operation is being carried out by local police, residents and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar Bansal said.

    The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had on Friday evening issued a fresh ‘red alert’ for Satara, forecasting “extremely heavy rainfall” in the hilly ‘ghat’ areas.

  • Maharashtra plans to relocate people living in hilly areas in view of landslides: CM Thackeray 

    Thackeray was speaking to reporters in Taliye village of Raigad district, where a landslide on Thursday evening has claimed at least 37 lives so far.

  • Maharashtra rains: Five bodies recovered from Ambeghar landslide site in Satara 

    By PTI
    PUNE: Five bodies have been recovered on Saturday from the landslide site at Ambeghar village in Satara district of Maharashtra, an official said.

    The district administration had said that at least 16 people are feared trapped in the landslide at this village located in Patan tehsil as four to five houses were buried under the debris.

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    “We have so far recovered five bodies during the search and rescue operation in Ambeghar,” a district official said.

    The rescue operation is being carried out by local police, residents and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Satara Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar Bansal said.

    Landslides had also occurred at two other villages – Mirgaon and Dhokawale – in the same tehsil, where twelve and four persons are feared trapped respectively.

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    Officials said that rescue operations are going on at these sites as well.

    Satara Collector Shekhar Singh had said on Friday that around 30 people were feared trapped in these three landslides that had occurred during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.

    The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had on Friday evening issued a fresh ‘red alert’ for Satara, forecasting “extremely heavy rainfall” in the next 24 hours in the hilly ‘ghat’ areas of this western Maharashtra district.

  • Rain fury: Over 30 people die after landslide hits Maharashtra’s coastal Raigad district

    By PTI
    MUMBAI: Thirty people have died in a landslide near a village in coastal Raigad district of Maharashtra, police said on Friday.

    The toll in the incident near Talai village in Mahad tehsil is likely to rise, police said, as many areas of Maharashtra continued to face rain fury since the past few days.

    “Thirty bodies have been recovered from the landslide spot.

    As many as 36 people died in major landslide at Taliye village in Raigad district. @NewIndianXpress
    — Sudhir Suryawanshi (@ss_suryawanshi) July 23, 2021

    Locals say more people are feared trapped,” and official said.

    A team of NDRF has reached Mahad, around 160 km from Mumbai, and another will reach there soon, the official said.

    Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is reviewing the situation, he added.

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