TORRENTIAL rains have triggered a massive landslide that buried a remote village in western India, killing at least 17 people as it swept away scores of houses and possibly trapping many more people under debris, officials said.
NATIONAL rescue personnel reached the area before nightfall, but continuing rains and bad roads were hampering rescue efforts and preventing reinforcements from reaching Ambegaon, a village in Pune district in Maharashtra state, said Alok Avasthy, a National Disaster Response Force commander.
District official Suresh Jadhav said 17 bodies had been recovered from under mud, rocks and trees and other debris and rescuers planned to work overnight using floodlights mounted on two jeeps being sent from Pune, along with earthmoving vehicles."Everything on the mountain came down," he said.But with 70 homes buried and reports of another 158 hit by the landslide, rescuers anticipated more dead in the village, home to 704 people in the foothills of the Sahyadri Mountains.The landslide hit early on Wednesday morning, but details of the damage only began to trickle out several hours later.The area around the village has been deforested extensively, increasing its vulnerability to landslides and the area received 10.8 centimetres of rain on Tuesday, with a heavy downpour continuing through Wednesday.Some 250 disaster response personnel were in the area assisting local police and medical teams who began clearing the debris. At least 100 ambulances were also sent to the area, Jadhav said.One local commissioner said more than 150 people could be trapped.Pune district is about 150 kilometres southeast of Mumbai, India's commercial capital, with the nearest medical centre about 15km from the village.Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
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