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Maharashtra rains: Guy useless, two relations injured in Vasai landslide

Through PTI

PALGHAR: A person used to be killed and two of his members of the family had been injured on Wednesday after a landslide in Vasai the town of Maharashtra’s Palghar district following heavy rains, officers mentioned.

Seek used to be on for some other circle of relatives member and efforts had been on to determine if extra individuals had been trapped within the particles, they mentioned.

Native fireman and a staff of the Nationwide Crisis Reaction Drive (NDRF) rushed to the spot and introduced a rescue operation.

Following the landslide, a boulder from a hillock crashed at the space of Anil Singh (45) at Waghralpada in Rajavali house of Vasai round 6.30 am and he died, District Crisis Control Cellular leader Vivekanand Kadam mentioned.

His spouse Vandana Singh (40) and son Om Singh (12) were given trapped within the particles.

Some locals and firemen later pulled them out they usually had been admitted to a health center for the remedy in their accidents, he mentioned.

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The NDRF group of workers additionally retrieved the frame of Anil Singh from the particles at round 10.30 am, the reputable mentioned.

A seek remains to be on for some other circle of relatives member Roshni Singh (16).

Rescue group of workers had been additionally looking for out if another particular person used to be trapped within the particles, he mentioned.

The district, situated about 100 km from the state capital Mumbai, has been witnessing very heavy rains since Tuesday night time which led to water-logging in lots of low-lying spaces.