Pune landslide: Death toll rises to 103
The overnight toll in Maharashtra's worst landslide disaster in Malin village of Pune district went up to 103 Sunday with another 21 bodies recovered from the debris in the past 24 hours, while another 130 villagers were still trapped or missing.
Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other agencies have rescued 23 people till now, including the youngest - a three-month old boy Rudra - from under the muck and debris, said NDRF chief commandant Alok Avasthy.
The village with around 200 people was almost entirely buried under a landslide early Wednesday following torrential rain - the probability of which was forecast by the US' NASA a day before the tragedy.
The overnight toll in Maharashtra's worst landslide disaster in Malin village of Pune district went up to 103 Sunday with another 21 bodies recovered from the debris in the past 24 hours, while another 130 villagers were still trapped or missing.
Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other agencies have rescued 23 people till now, including the youngest - a three-month old boy Rudra - from under the muck and debris, said NDRF chief commandant Alok Avasthy.
The overnight toll in Maharashtra's worst landslide disaster in Malin village of Pune district went up to 103 Sunday with another 21 bodies recovered from the debris in the past 24 hours, while another 130 villagers were still trapped or missing.
Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other agencies have rescued 23 people till now, including the youngest - a three-month old boy Rudra - from under the muck and debris, said NDRF chief commandant Alok Avasthy.
The village with around 200 people was almost entirely buried under a landslide early Wednesday following torrential rain - the probability of which was forecast by the US' NASA a day before the tragedy.
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