Maadibag Hill landslide Site

These are the serene pictures of the Maadibag - Jariwada Hill. No one would guess what happened there a few months back... The beauty of the picture is deceptive...

As many as 20 people were feared buried alive when seven houses collapsed following landslide due to torrential rain in the Karwar District of Karnataka. Source

As many as 20 people were feared buried alive when seven houses collapsed following landslide due to torrential rains in the Karwar district of Karnataka. Rescue operations were continuing, but it was feared that all those, who were caught under, might have been died, due to suffocation. The rescue operation was hampered last night due to bad-light and heavy rain. In Karwar taluk, more than 200 houses had collapsed and 1000 residences were water-logged. Source

Chief Minister of Karnataka on Tuesday, visited Kadwad village where more than 20 people were killed in a landslide on Friday. Chief Minister of Karnataka on Tuesday, visited Kadwad village where more than 20 people were killed in a landslide on Friday. Later, talking to mediapersons at the site of the landslide, the Chief Minsiter said the Army, Navy, police, home guards are engaged in rescue operations. He said the government will give a compensation of Rs 1 lakh each, to the kin of the victims of the landslide. He promised that relief works for people affected by untimely rains would be taken up war footing. He promised the kin of those, who were buried alive in the land slide, that alternative arrangement for their living would be made. He said all the 60 families located beneath the hillock would caved in at Madibag, would be rehabilitated at a safer place. He had already directed the Deputy Commissioner to take steps in this regard. Source Source

Although 400 people, including 50 soldiers of the Maratha Light Infantry, 50 navy personnel and 240 police personnel have been working round-the-clock with JCB machines to recover the bodies of 21 people who were buried alive in a landslide at Madibag, the task has become very difficult due to the mounds of slush covering the area to a depth of nearly 12 feet. The JCB machines could not be brought to the spot till Sunday since the road leading to Madibag was blocked following the landslide on both sides. Source