Local officials are struggling to expedite the rescue operations chiefly because of the difficult terrain and intermittent showers that are affecting their task, said an official from the disaster management department.
Earlier, three persons died at Khakhrai village in the Mandsaur district on Saturday and Sunday after consuming liquor purchased from a local grocery shop. The exact cause of their deaths was not yet clear.
In the biggest flood rescue operation in the state in decades, 375,178 people have been evacuated and relocated to safer areas after their homes were submerged in floodwaters, which was up to 20 feet high in some places.
The death toll in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra rose to 164 on Monday after the recovery of 11 more bodies in Raigad and two each in Wardha and Akola.
The response was co-activated by China National Commission for Disaster Reduction and Ministry of Emergency Management for disaster-stricken areas including Zhoushan, Shaoxing and Ningbo, Xinhua news agency reported.
Several parts of Maharashtra including Mumbai have been witnessing heavy rains for the last few days, trigger landslides. Raigad, Ratnagiri and Satara are the worst affected.
The death toll in various rain-related incidents, including floods and landslides, in Maharashtra rose to 149 on Sunday with 36 more bodies being found in Satara and Raigad districts as rescue operations gathered pace, while 64 people remain missing, the state government said. So far, 50 people have been injured in these incidents, it said in a statement.
The death toll in various rain-related incidents, including floods and landslides, in Maharashtra rose to 149 on Sunday with 36 more bodies being found in Satara and Raigad districts as rescue operations gathered pace, while 64 people remain missing, the state government said.
The workers were digging for coal deep inside the mine and got trapped after the landslide hit the mine located in the Shahrag area of Harnai district on Saturday.
The continuous rain affected 12 districts of north Karnataka, coastal Karnataka, and Malnad region. It is estimated that some 830 houses collapsed, 15 school buildings were damaged and 8,733 people, including women and children, have been shifted to safer places across the state.
A total of 47 persons have died in the Raigad district in the Konkan region in rain-related incidents. The official toll at Taliye village is 37, while the remaining 10 deaths are from two separate incidents of landslide in the same district.
The death toll from the torrential rains in central China's Henan province has risen to 56, with five people reported missing, the state-run Xinhua news agency quoted local authorities as saying.
The national forecasting agency India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued red and orange alerts for several regions in the state that are set to receive heavy rainfall in the next three days.
Heavy rains lashed most parts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai, Konkan, Kolhapur, and other districts of the state. Four landslides were reported in Raigad late Thursday night. PM Modi has annouced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for the next of kin of those who died in Raigad due to landslides.
Given the robust and statute-based death registration system in India, while some cases could go undetected as per the principles of infectious disease and its management, missing out on the deaths is unlikely, the Union Health Ministry said.
India reported 41,383 new COVID-19 cases and 507 fatalities in the last 24 hours as per the Union Health Ministry.
The torrential rain has affected about three million people in Henan province and a total of 376,000 local residents have been relocated to safe places, the provincial emergency management department said
With 38,652 people discharged in the last 24 hours, the number of recoveries now stands at 30429339 across the country.
India reported 30,093 new COVID cases and 374 fatalities in the last 24 hours. The country witnessed 45,254 recoveries in the same duration. The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered under the nationwide vaccination drive has reached 41,18,46,401. The country witnessed 45,254 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the recovery tally to 3,03,53,710.
The blast happened a day before the Eid al-Adha holiday when the market was busy with shoppers looking for gifts and groceries.
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