Landslide toll hits 51 as rescuers battle rain
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HEAVY rains yesterday hampered efforts by hundreds of rescue workers digging through heavy mud and debris, as the death toll from a landslide that engulfed an entire village in western India rose to 51.
Rescuers are still looking for about 100 people missing and feared dead, after another 10 bodies were pulled out of the debris overnight. “We have reached the main inhabited area and are continuing efforts,” said DD Kale, a district official.
There has been no let-up in the rain this week, he said.
More than two days after the Wednesday morning landslide, authorities said the chances of survival were slim for anyone still trapped under the mud in Malin, a village of about 700 people in Pune district of Maharashtra state.
Kale said the bodies of 22 women, 23 men and six children have been recovered so far.
Suresh Jadhav, a district official, said about 40 homes were wiped out. Two days of torrential rains triggered the landslide and continued to pound the area as rescuers brought bodies covered in soaked white sheets to ambulances.
Only eight people have been pulled out alive, said Jadhav, including a mother and her 3-month-old son whose cries caught the attention of rescue workers on Wednesday.
Pramila Lende, the mother, said she was feeding the baby when she heard the roar of rocks and mud hurtling down the hillside. “I started running with my child but a heap of mud landed on my body,” she said. She kept the baby in an area with breathing space until his cries were heard, she added.
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