Following an overnight pause, rescue efforts resumed at the landslip-affected Irshalwadi village in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on Friday. The search and rescue team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) recovered six more bodies — three male and three female — from the debris, taking the toll to 22, officials said. The victims include nine men, as many as women and four children.
As many as 21 livestock were also rescued by the teams. Officials said that the search and rescue teams resumed operation around 6.30 a.m. amid rainfall in the area after suspending the exercise overnight.
More than 100 persons, who lived on the hilly terrain, around 70 km from Mumbai, were feared trapped under the debris. Locals also helped the NDRF teams in the rescue operation.
