Irshalwadi tragedy: Govt to relocate residents from landslide-prone areas, says CM Shinde

The CM mentioned that Irshalwadi village was not included in the landslide-prone list of the Geological Survey of India (GSI).

Shinde said that till now a total of 20 deaths have been recorded in the Irshalwadi tragedy. Eight others have been injured. “The survivors will be shifted to special containers brought to the base site. A total of 60 containers have been brought there. The CIDCO has been instructed to undertake the permanent rehabilitation of the survivors,” he said.

Shinde said that a total of 48 families were living in the village and the total population was 228. “Out of these around 17 to 18 houses were buried under the landslide. The rescue operations have successfully rescued 98 people and the search for 109 people is ongoing,” he said.

Medical equipment and other necessary medicines have been provided at the base of Irshal fort and coordination officers have been deployed at the base camp. The rescue operation was joined by 25 volunteers of Yashwanti Hikers, 15 volunteers of Nisarg group, 30 villagers from Chowk and 15 people from Chowk gram panchayat, 20 from Varose, 25 employees of the Khopoli municipal council, and volunteers from Kolad river fighters. Around four teams (100 jawans) of NDRF, 80 jawans of TDRF and five teams of local forces were leading the operations.

“The weather conditions are still difficult to continue with the rescue work. The work is still in progress,” he said.