The rescue operation could continue another two days due to difficult conditions
Rescuers search for survivors among the debris of houses at landslide-hit Malin village in Pune (Photo: PTI)
Pune: The death toll in the Malin landslide disaster mounted to 82 even as the NDRF jawans continued a relentless rescue operation, now reduced to the recovery of bodies lying under the massive debris for the last four days. According to district control room, the dead listed so far included 30 males, 41 women, ten children, with one body still remaining unidentified.
Adding to the adverse weather conditions and intermittent rains, slowing down the movement of heavy machinery like JBCs, cutter and dumpers, was the overpowering stench from the rapidly decomposing bodies with which the NDRF personnel had to put up, wearing protective masks.
( Source : PTI )
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