Deaths In Maharashtra Landslide Rise To 24, Dozens Missing, Search Ops On

Raigad Landslide: With this, the death count in the landslide tragedy has gone up to 24, he said, adding that the search and rescue work is still underway as 84 persons are yet to be traced.

Search and rescue teams today recovered two more bodies from the debris at the landslide-affected Irshalwadi village in Maharashtra's Raigad district, taking the death count in the tragedy to 24, an official said.

Both people who died were women, he said.

"Bodies of two women were recovered from the landslide site in Irshalwadi on Saturday morning," an official of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said.