89 bodies found, 34 missing in Maha rain fury

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 25

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel have retrieved 89 bodies while 34 persons are still missing following incessant rains leading to landslides in the coastal regions of Maharashtra.

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.

According to the state government figures, 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, while 100 persons were missing after the monsoon fury. So far, 50 persons have been injured in these incidents, it said in a statement.

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.