Mumbai: Four people have died, three are injured, and over 30 families are feared trapped after a landslide occurred in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on late Wednesday night, where around 46 houses of a tribal hamlet are located. Officials said among these, five to six houses were able to escape the damage, and one school was also undamaged. The incident took place at Khalapur in Raigad, which is 6 km away from Chowk village near Morbe dam, the water supplier for Navi Mumbai.
The district administration has appealed to NGOs to come forward and assist the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in the rescue operation following the landslide incident.
Raigad district collector Yogesh Mhase said that the incident happened at midnight, and a team comprising a sub-divisional officer and Tahsildar of Khopoli has reached the spot where they spotted seven people who managed to recover and flee. “Reaching the location requires a two-hour climb, which poses a significant challenge for us,” said Mhase.
Divisional commissioner Mahendra Kalyankar said that he had a video conference of all officers around midnight and also received a call from the chief minister Eknath Shinde regarding the landslide.