Landslide at Malin village in Pune

Rescue workers clear the debris at the site of a landslide in Malin village in Pune, Maharashtra on Thursday. Torrential rains triggered a massive landslide that buried a remote village.

Rescuers comprising over 300 personnel of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) continued to look for survivors under the huge mound of debris as signs of life slowly dimmed 48 hours after the village in Ambegaon taluka was flattened in the fury of nature.

Rescue operations in Malin village 

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan meets injured villagers during a visit to the site of a landslide at Malin village in Pune.

"In order to ensure that such an incident does not happen again, people living in dangerous locations need to be shifted elsewhere and rehabilitated. About 300 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel are engaged in rescue operations. However, it is difficult to take equipment to the accident spot because of narrow roads and mud. People have been crowding the place, hampering rescue operations," Chavan told the cabinet, according to officials.

Prithviraj Chavan meets injured villagers

A rescuer looks at the debris at the site of a landslide in Malin village, in Pune, Maharashtra on Wednesday. Torrential rains triggered a massive landslide that buried a remote village.

Intermittent rains and the difficult hilly terrain made the rescue and relief operation difficult as NDRF jawans moved JCBs and dumpers cautiously to ensure safety of prospective survivors under mud and stone debris of the hill that caved-in on Wednesday morning.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan (Centre L) with Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar (Centre R) meets villagers at the site of a landslide at Malin village in Pune.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today assured full Central assistance to Maharashtra in dealing with the devastating landslide at Malin village near here in which 30 people have been killed.

Chavan, Ajit Pawar meet villagers

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh meets disaster management officials during a visit to the site of landslide at Malin village in Pune, Maharashtra.

About 45 houses, including a temple, are flattened under the impact of the landslide. I express my condolences to the bereaved families on behalf of the Centre. The Prime Minister has also assured all possible assistance to the state government in dealing with the natural calamity," said Rajnath Singh.

Landslide at Malin village in Pune

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