Following a landslide that killed at least 16 people and damaged numerous homes in the steep hamlet of Irshalwadi in Maharashtra, the local government in the Raigad district has appealed for help from the public.
The government said in the appeal published by the district information officer on Friday that the people of Chowk-Nanivali gram panchayat have been negatively impacted by the mudslide, which has also harmed their livestock and personal property.
Authorities have requested assistance from residents to help the afflicted communities go back to their regular lifestyles, it added. The District Disaster Response Fund is located in the State Bank of India’s Alibag Main branch, and anybody wishing to donate money may do so there.
The SDO Karjat Anit Nairale (8390090040) and Khalapur Tehsildar Ayub Tamboli (9975751076) are the people to contact if residents want to provide relief supplies, the statement stated. at 80 kilometers from Mumbai, in the Khalapur tehsil of the coastal district, a tribal community located on a hillside had a landslide at 11 p.m. on Wednesday. 16 of the village’s 228 people’ remains have been found, while 93 others have been located, according to an official statement on Friday.
Nevertheless, 119 villages have still to be located. He mentioned people who had left the community to work on rice plantations or attend weddings. 17 of the village’s about 50 homes were destroyed by the landslide, according to authorities.
