113 dead, 33 missing in Maharashtra rain fury

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 25

The number of deaths due to flooding, landslides and other rain-related incidents in parts of Maharashtra reached 113 on Sunday, with one more casualty being reported in the last 24 hours, according to the state government figures.

While 50 persons had been injured, about 100 were missing after the monsoon fury, the government said.

As many as 1,35,313 people have been shifted to safer places, including 78,111 in western Maharashtra’s Sangli district, followed by 40,882 in Kolhapur district.

Meanwhile, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel have retrieved 90 bodies while 33 persons are missing following landslides caused by incessant rains in the coastal areas of the state.

Sharing details of operations in Raigad, Ratnagiri and Satara districts, NDRF Director General SN Pradhan said the maximum 47 bodies had been retrieved from worst-hit Taliye village under Mahad tehsil of Raigad.

Pradhan said 34 NDRF teams had been deployed for relief and rescue operation in the affected areas. The NDRF was operating in landslide-affected Taliye, Porase in Ratnagiri and Mirgaon, Ambeghar and Dhokawale in Satara district, as per data posted by the DG on Twitter.