Thirty-six people have been killed in landslides caused by monsoon rains in India, authorities said Friday.
As many as 40 other people were missing after the three separate landslides on Thursday in the Raigad district of the western state of Maharashtra.“At least 35 to 40 people are still trapped, we are trying to rescue them,” a local official said, adding that “36 people have died after there were three landslides yesterday in the district caused by very heavy rainfull.”
Rescue efforts were being hampered by landslides blocking roads, including the main highway between Mumbai and Goa.Water levels rose to 3.5 metres in areas of Chiplun, a city 250 kilometres from Mumbai, following 24 hours of uninterrupted rain that caused the Vashishti river to overflow, submerging roads and homes.
India’s meteorological department has issued red alerts for several regions in the state, indicating that heavy rainfall will continue for the next few days.– Frequent danger -Flooding and landslides are common during India’s treacherous monsoon season between June and September, while also causing poorly constructed buildings and walls to collapse.
Rainwater also inundated a water purification complex, disrupting supply “in most of the parts of Mumbai”, a megacity of 20 million people, civic authorities said.And last September, 39 people died when a three-storey apartment block collapsed in Bhiwandi near the financial capital.
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