Road blockade due to a landslide following incessant rains claimed the life of an ailing woman while her husband was carrying her on his shoulders to a hospital in Maharashtra's Nandurbar district, police said.

In an attempt to save the life of his wife, who was in her 50s, the man held her on his shoulders while walking barefoot for some distance to reach a state-run hospital in the district, located about 450 from the state capital Mumbai.