Aanvi Kamdar was pulled out of the crevice after a six-hour effort. She succumbed to her injuries at the Mangaon taluka government hospital shortly after being rescued.
Last month, an average rainfall of 1,206 mm was recorded in Raigad district. The rainfall this year so far is 1,885 mm, which is 157% above the average in the district adjacent to Mumbai.
Scientists believe that climate change and global warming are causing monsoons to become increasingly irregular, resulting in frequent landslides and flash floods in India's Himalayan north.
The district weather department had earlier identified 25 days for high tides.
At least 12 people were killed and 27 others injured after the bus they were travelling in fell into a gorge on the old Mumbai-Pune Highway in Raigad district of Maharashtra Saturday morning.
MHADA, the state housing development authority, plans to construct 231 houses spread across 17 acres at a cost of Rs 77 crore for Taliye village landslide victims. The homes will be given free of cost.
In relation to the boat that was discovered off the coast of Raigad, close to Mumbai, with AK-47 guns and live ammunition on board, the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has filed a complaint against unnamed individuals, an official said on Friday.
The discovery of the weapons on the vessel created a buzz as it came ahead of Dahi Handi and Ganesh festivals, but Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said as of now no terror connection has been found.
As part of the "Mission Kawach Kundal", 37,630 people were inoculated at a primary health centre of the Raigad zilla parishad, 21,692 at a hospital of the Panvel Municipal Corporation, 12,764 at district civil hospital and 3,541 at private vaccination centres in the district, Raigad zilla parishad CEO Dr Karan Patil said in a release.
Rains lashed large parts of the district, which has recorded 98.89 per cent of its average annual rainfall, the official said.
The explosion took place around 2.30 am in the factory at Dheku in Sajgaon industrial area of Khopoli town, located about 70 km from Mumbai, following which a fire broke out in the premises, a police official said.
Thackeray made the announcement while on a visit to Alibaug taluka of Raigad district, around 110 km from Mumbai, to take stock of the situation.
In Mumbai‘s real estate landscape, prices generally reduce as one moves from the south to the northern suburbs. Today, most home buyers prefer properties in the suburbs, due to its affordability, connectivity to one‘s R
Besides a naval base, Uran is also home to a JNPT container terminal. Top Navy sources said a search operation was on in tandem with Maharashtra Police and the Coast Guard.
The drive would be carried out in forts situated in Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Raigad, Nagpur, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Aurangabad, Nanded, Nashik, Jalgaon, Dhule and Ahmednagar districts.
Mumbai and its surrounding areas offer a healthy mix of real estate options, which has been possible, largely due to the region‘s infrastructure and connectivity. “If connectivity is improved, then it will be easy R
JSW Steel touched a 52-week high of Rs 1,041.30 and was at Rs 1,034.50, up Rs 40.55, or 4.08 percent on the BSE at 11:50 hrs. HeidelbergCement India was at Rs 40.05, up Rs 0.55, or 1.39 percent on the BSE.
Heidelberg Cement India today decided to sell its 0.6 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) cement grinding facility in Raigad to JSW Group "as a going concern on slump sale basis" for an undisclosed sum.
After the Maharashtra government de-notified the Maha SEZ proposed by Reliance, CNBC-TV18’s Gopika Gopakumar travels to Raigad district to check out the farmer sentiment.