More than 100 reported dead as incessant rainfall accompanied with landslides hit Maharashtra

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• Jul 24, 2021 | moderator

Mumbai: More than 100 people have been reported dead after rain-related incidents hit Maharashtra including multiple landslides. 36 people reported dead in a landslide in the coastal Raigad district, about 70 km from state capital Mumbai.

Several districts in the state – primarily the Konkan region – have been receiving incessant rain over the past few days leaving thousands stranded in floods and landslides.

"Thirty-three dead bodies recovered, 52 still missing. Rescue operation will resume in the morning. A total of 32 houses have been destroyed," Maharashtra Minister Eknath Shinde was reported as saying after a visit to Tilaye village in Raigad following landslide due to excessive rain.

Satara district in Western Maharashtra has also been battered by the rain and several people have been reportedly swept away by the floodwaters, an official was reported as saying by news agency PTI. The official put the death count in Satara at 27.

Other fatalities included those reported from eastern districts such as Gondia and Chandrapur, he said.