Pune landslide disaster toll rises to 50

August 01, 2014 10:09

The death toll in the Pune landslide disaster rose to 50 on Friday morning as rescue operations continued in the landslide-hit Malin village.

"So far we have recovered 50 bodies. The relief and rescue work continues on a war-footing," Pune Collector Saurabh Rao said.

The landslide wiped away almost the entire village on Wednesday.

It has also come to light that around two dozen people were sleeping on a platform of the village temple premises in Malin and they may have been washed away in the adjacent river.

A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has started a combing operation along the banks of the river, now in a spate due to incessant rains, to search for victims or survivors.

Braving all odds, the relief and rescue teams continued to search for survivors or bodies of the estimated 130 people who are still feared trapped under the debris, though chances of any more survivors appeared bleak.

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