A number of garlands of lilies and roses had been mendacity on the mud as a mark of respect to the 31 useless our bodies that would not be pulled out from beneath the particles of the landslide in Taliye village on July 22. A landslide instantly buried 84 folks in Mahad taluka of Raigad district. Rescue groups managed to retrieve 53 our bodies earlier than the four-day operation was formally placed on maintain on Monday.
The operation was halted on the request of the residents of the village, who most well-liked to be buried fairly than exhumed or in a mutilated situation. Still beneath the falling rain, they lined as much as pay their final respects, marking the world with heaps of garlands in a mourning ceremony accepted as a mass funeral.
“After the administration declared him dead, we paid tribute to those who were not found, as we had given the bodies that were found. The last rites and rituals will also be performed at the same place where the accident took place,” mentioned village sarpanch Sampat Chandekar.
Late on Sunday night time, Taliye residents mentioned the difficulty with the native MLA, District Collector, groups of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and Lakshya Disaster Response Force (TDRF). It was determined that the operation can be known as off solely after the official consent of every lacking individual’s household was obtained, and the rescue group would declare all of the lacking folks useless after issuing a proper communication.
On Monday morning, all of the villagers gave their assertion in writing in addition to within the video, after which the district administration stopped the search operation.
“We have withdrawn our rescue teams from Talley. 31 missing people will be declared dead after due process. All the relatives of the missing persons demanded to stop the operation. Hence, after taking the opinion of NDRF/SDRF/TDRF and respecting the sentiments of the survivors and relatives, the rescue operation was officially called off,” mentioned District Collector Nidhi Choudhary.
Amol Kondalkar, who misplaced his whole household within the landslide, mentioned the our bodies of his father and sister haven’t been discovered. He mentioned that after seeing the situation of the our bodies that had been recovered, there was no choice however to comply with take out the our bodies from beneath the rubble. He additionally expressed remorse that the mission had not began earlier.
It took almost 24 hours for the rescue operation on the landslide website to start as NDRF and SDRF groups might attain the village solely by Friday afternoon as a consequence of floods and heavy rains.
“They have already suffered, now they should not worry any more. Had the rescue operation started earlier, people could have been pulled out alive, or at least all the bodies could have been found,” Kondalkar mentioned.
Nikhil Jadhav mentioned that he misplaced 14 members of his household and out of them solely three our bodies could possibly be recovered. He mentioned he was horrified by the situation of the our bodies recovered. “It was humiliating for those who died. We do not want to disrespect the dead,” he mentioned.
Vijay Pandey, who misplaced all his members of the family together with mother and father, spouse, five-month-old son and 10-year-old daughter, mentioned it was higher to allow them to relaxation in peace. “We have been given permission to perform his last rites here,” he mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
