7.10 pm: Rescue operations are still underway.
Ambegaon(Pune) landslide : Rescue ops still underway pic.twitter.com/CbGVTycHcb
— ANI (@ANI_news) July 30, 2014
Ambegaon(Pune) landslide : Rescue ops underway pic.twitter.com/hOgGWwGIhH — ANI (@ANI_news) July 30, 2014
5.00 pm: Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit the landslide affected area in Ambegaon taluk in Pune on Wednesday.
4.50 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the loss of life in Pune landslide is saddening.
Loss of lives in landslide in Pune dist. is saddening. Spoke to Rajnath ji & he would be travelling to Pune to take stock of the situation.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 30, 2014
4.15 pm: Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan is personally monitoring the situation. Due to landslide around 44 houses swept away and 160 people are feared trapped, Chavan said.
Landslide in Malin Village in Ambegaon tq Dist Pune. Ambulances, JCB's, 2 NDRF teams rushed to the venue. CM personally monitoring situation
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) July 30, 2014
Ambegaon village has a population of 715,due to landslide around 44 houses swept away,160 ppl feared trapped : Prithviraj Chavan,Maha CM — ANI (@ANI_news) July 30, 2014
3.50 pm: 300 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel have been sent to Pune for the rescue operation.
300 NDRF personnel rushed to Pune by Centre for rescue of landslide-trapped people.
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) July 30, 2014
3.45 pm: Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan and deputy CM Ajit Pawar have rushed to Pune.
"The Pune district collector and SP have reached the spot. The divisional commissioner is coordinating the relief work," Maharashtra assembly speaker Dilip Walse Patil, who represents the affected region in the state assembly, told PTI.
"The NDRF teams have also reached the spot," he said.
3.20 pm: Heavy rains hamper rescue operation. Alok Avasthy, regional commandant at the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), told AFP that the entire village has been cut off from communications due to landslide.
Landslide Buries 40 Houses in Pune Village, More than 200 Feared Trapped
The help line no is 02026120720
3.15 pm: Rao said that government has sent rescue machinery to pull out those trapped under the debris.
Bhimshankar Landslide : Another visual of the spot pic.twitter.com/0wxFSIBfUm
— ANI (@ANI_news) July 30, 2014
Bhimshankar Landslide : Visual of the spot pic.twitter.com/qGgGr3h11Y — ANI (@ANI_news) July 30, 2014
A major landslide in Ambegaon taluk in Pune, trigged due to heavy rain falls on Wednesday, has killed at least 10 people, while more than 200 are feared trapped, according to reports.
The landslide, which occurred in Malin village of Ambegaon, has buried around 40 houses, stated Prabhakar Deshmukh, the Divisional Commissioner of Pune.
The landslide occurred at around 5am on Wednesday, the police said. Two teams of rescue operations have reached the spot.
"Exact number of causalities is not known as we are moving slowly to ensure that those trapped are removed safely. About 30 ambulances have been rushed from adjoining areas to extend medical help to the victims," District Collector Saurabh Rao told Press Trust of India.
