On Thursday, July 20, 2023, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced that a landslide in Maharashtra's Raigad district had claimed at least 15 lives.Irshalwadi hamlet in Khalapur tehsil experienced the landslip on Wednesday, July 19, at 11 p.m., according to officials.
In the Raigad landslip, 15 to 20 people were thought dead. Mr. Shinde, who hurried to the area, said that the rescue operations are proceeding on a war footing due to bad weather that is complicating air rescue operations.
In response to concerns that at least 100 people may be trapped, NDRF troops have hurried to the scene, the official said. According to the official, more than 20 people who were hurt in the landslide have been sent to a hospital in Navi Mumbai.
An official reported that a firefighter from the Navi Mumbai civic body passed away from a heart attack while en route to assist in the rescue efforts at the scene of a landslide in Maharashtra's Raigad district. On the night between Wednesday and Thursday, assistant station officer Shivram Dhumne (52), of the Belapur fire station in Navi Mumbai, was on his way to the location. He had a heart attack and collapsed while attempting to climb the steep slope, according to Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) Chief Fire Officer Shirish Aradwad. The fire service personnel at the NMMC expressed sorrow over the occurrence. According to the source, an investigation into the death of the fire officer is ongoing.
Due to recent strong rainstorms and forecasts for more, the district has been on orange alert for the past two days. Due to forecasts of heavy to extremely heavy rain, the State Disaster Management Authority has proclaimed a holiday for students in the Raigad area on July 20.In the meantime, a control centre for emergencies has been established in the nearby village of Chowk.
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