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Despite being hospitalized with exhaustion, Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde conducted high-level virtual meetings from his bed. Shinde issued strict directives to ministers and civic officials to expedite emergency rescue and relief operations across rain-battered Mumbai, Konkan, and Raigad

An NDRF team reached the site early this morning, and additional teams are expected to join the search operation later today.

The NDRF reported that 16 individuals lost their lives and several others were injured in the landslide. A team from NDRF is currently on-site, actively engaged in search and rescue operations.

Total 6 locations experienced landslides in Raigad district. At one location, rescue operation still continues. According to officials and staff present at the spot,

Four landslides have been reported in Raigad due to incessant rains, which have led to the roads being blocked.