Mumbai, 22/7: Search and rescue teams on Saturday recovered three bodies from the debris at the landslide-affected Irshalwadi village in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, taking the death toll in the tragedy to 25, an official said.
“Bodies of two women and a man were recovered from the landslide site in Irshalwadi on Saturday,” an official of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said. With this, the death toll in the landslide tragedy has gone up to 25, he said, adding that the search and rescue work is still underway as 83 persons are yet to be traced.
The deceased women were identified as 32-year-old Mahi Madhu Tirkat, Aashi Pandurang (around 50 years). The male deceased was identified as Kishan Tirkat, 27, officials said.