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rescue operations in Landslide site in Irshalwadi In Raigad district, which started early Thursday, was canceled around 5.00 pm by NDRF and is scheduled to start early Friday morning.
While more than 100 people are feared trapped, 21 people have been rescued alive and 16 bodies have been recovered as of Thursday evening.
Officials involved in the rescue operations claimed that the muddy road, windy weather and narrow path leading to the small village of Ershalwadi slowed them down.
Deepak Tiwari, Senior Official of NDRF The Indian Express, “Four teams of NDRF were involved in the operations in which we had difficulty due to heavy rains. Besides, there is also the possibility of another landslide due to continuous showers.”
According to rescuers, the bodies pulled from the rubble were buried at the top of the hill.
The narrow road leading to Ershalwadi village is filled with thick mud, preventing heavy machinery such as JCBs that could have quickly tracked down rescue work, from reaching the spot. In the absence of machinery, rescuers resorted to manual digging. “A whole section of the mountain slid off. The wreckage was so thick that it engulfed everything,” said Data Navli, an NDRF worker.
Another NDRF worker, speaking on condition of anonymity, said, “The debris from the landslide was 10-25 feet deep. We couldn’t even say where people were buried. Several villagers who were present on top of the hill pointed to where their houses were. Based on At their direction, we began excavating and locating buried victims.”
In addition to the NDRF, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and a 15-member Disaster Relief Force (TDRF) team are also deployed.
It helped us to know the locals who know exactly where their family members sleep at night. For example, a villager pointed out his kitchen where his grandmother slept at night. Sachin Dubey, a senior officer at TDRF, said:
Many local tour groups as well as independent companies have partnered with government officials.
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