Tag: Tribal Village

Raigad Landslide

Raigad Landslide Toll Rises To 22

By LokMarg

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) continued its search and rescue operations at the landslide-hit Irshalgad in Raigad on Saturday. Till now, 22 dead bodies have been recovered from the site, officials said.

One team of NDRF reached the site early this morning and more are of its teams are expected to join the search operation later today.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray will visit the landslide-affected people lodged in a nearby temple around 10.30 am today.

A landslide struck the tribal village situated on a hill slope in Khalapur tehsil, Raigad district, approximately 80 km from Mumbai around 11pm on Wednesday.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde visited the site of the tragedy yesterday and took stock of the relief and rescue efforts. He also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the families of the deceased, said officials.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah also spoke to Chief Minister Shinde after the incident. Shah said four National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been deployed to execute the rescue operation.

Five more bodies were recovered on Friday and the search and rescue operation was suspended for the day with the consultation of District administration due to bad weather conditions, said SB Singh, commandant, 5 Battalion, NDRF.

“We carried out a search and rescue operation with three of our dogs and one of our dogs detected two bodies today. We are facing many challenges and cannot take our latest machinery to the (landslide-hit) site”, said an NDRF official on Friday. (ANI)

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Remote Tribal Village In Chhattisgarh Gets Piped Water

Remote Tribal Village In Chhattisgarh Gets Piped Water

By LokMarg

In a feat that could not be accomplished in the past seven decades, the Centre’s flagship ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ started supply of potable tap water in areas inhabited by the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) ‘Pando’, a special backward tribe in Chhattisgarh’s Balrampur district.

The locals heaped praise on the central government as well as the central team that arrived for inspection in the remote village.

Pando community is a backward tribe with a population of just over 35 houses. They inhabit the Dhauli village of Libra in North Chhattisgarh, which is situated merely 1 km away from the Jharkhand border.

The villagers had to toil and face and lot of hardship to fetch drinking water. Rural women had to travel 1-2 km to fetch water from handpumps.

Now, with the supply of tap water through the Centre’s Jal Jeevan Mission, water connections have been provided to all residents of Libra village.

The villagers are now receiving an uninterrupted supply of water through taps.

The district officer of the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department said the central team carried out inspections, which eventually led to the launch of the scheme in the remote area. (ANI)

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