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After a landslide in Malin village in ambegaon taluka in Pune district, about 80 km from Pune. (Source: Express photo)
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The landslide occurred after continuous heavy rains in the region.
A major landslide has been reported in a village in Pune on Wednesday. According to reports, at least five people are dead and over 100 people are feared trapped.
People living in about 35 houses have come under the debris of a hillock that caved in at village Malin in Ambegaon taluka of the district when they were asleep, Pune (rural) police said.
The help line no is 02026120720
Rescue operations are on and a team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been rushed from the neighbouring Talegaon camp to the village, about 120 km from the city.
According to S.S. Guleria, deputy inspector general of operations at the National Disaster Response Force, as many as seven teams of 42 rescue workers each were on their way to the site near the western city of Pune.
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According to District Collector Saurav Rao, the administration has mobilised rescue machinery to pull out those trapped.
“Exact number of causalities is not known as we are moving slowly to ensure that those trapped are removed safely. About 30 ambulances have been rushed from adjoining areas to extend medical help to the victims,” he said, adding earth moving equipment from government and private parties were being pressed into service.
Communication difficulties and rains were affecting the operations, he said.
State’s Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Patangrao Kadam said rescue operations were going on in full swing in coordination with various government agencies.
Pune Divisional Commissioner Prabhakar Deshmukh is coordinating the relief work, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Dilip Walse Patil said.
“The Pune district collector and SP have reached the spot. The divisional commissioner is coordinating the relief work,” Walse Patil, who represents the affected region in the state Assembly, said.
“The NDRF teams have also reached the spot,” he said. Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan and deputy CM Ajit Pawar have rushed to the village.
The landslide occurred after continuous heavy rains in the region.
A major landslide has been reported in a village in Pune on Wednesday. According to reports, at least five people are dead and over 100 people are feared trapped.
People living in about 35 houses have come under the debris of a hillock that caved in at village Malin in Ambegaon taluka of the district when they were asleep, Pune (rural) police said.
The help line no is 02026120720
Rescue operations are on and a team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been rushed from the neighbouring Talegaon camp to the village, about 120 km from the city.
According to S.S. Guleria, deputy inspector general of operations at the National Disaster Response Force, as many as seven teams of 42 rescue workers each were on their way to the site near the western city of Pune.
View Larger MapAccording to District Collector Saurav Rao, the administration has mobilised rescue machinery to pull out those trapped.
“Exact number of causalities is not known as we are moving slowly to ensure that those trapped are removed safely. About 30 ambulances have been rushed from adjoining areas to extend medical help to the victims,” he said, adding earth moving equipment from government and private parties were being pressed into service.
Communication difficulties and rains were affecting the operations, he said.
State’s Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Patangrao Kadam said rescue operations were going on in full swing in coordination with various government agencies.
Pune Divisional Commissioner Prabhakar Deshmukh is coordinating the relief work, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Dilip Walse Patil said.
“The Pune district collector and SP have reached the spot. The divisional commissioner is coordinating the relief work,” Walse Patil, who represents the affected region in the state Assembly, said.
“The NDRF teams have also reached the spot,” he said. Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan and deputy CM Ajit Pawar have rushed to the village.
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