Disaster Response Team's Rescue Ops After Maharashtra Rain Fury
Seventy-three bodies have been retrieved and 47 people are missing following landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in the coastal regions of Maharashtra, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said.
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NDRF rescuers retrieved a total of 73 bodies with the highest number of 44 from the worst-hit Taliye village.
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NDRF has deployed 34 teams for relief and rescue operations in the affected regions of Maharashtra.
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Death count from the rains that battered Maharashtra's Pune and Konkan divisions, triggering landslides in some areas stands at 112.
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NDRF is operating in landslide-affected Taliye in Raigad, Porase in Ratnagiri and Mirgaon, Ambeghar and Dhokawale in Satara district.
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As many as 1,35,313 people have been shifted to safer places, NDRF said.
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