Along with hundreds of unsung heroes helping the ongoing rescue efforts at Malin village, the government-run primary health centre (PHC) at Adivare is fast emerging as the region’s lifeline. Situated in Adivare village, just two kilometres from the site of the landslide at Malin, the PHC has greatly expedited the rescue operations, with both immediate treatment for survivors as well as speedy post-mortems and DNA samples of the deceased.

Several victims, such as this injured lady being led out of the Adivare primary health centre, have been given timely treatment at the PHC

All bodies recovered from the debris are shifted to the PHC for the collection of DNA samples and post-mortems, after which they are again transported to the crematorium barely a kilometre away. In the absence of the PHC, the bodies would have had to be transported all the way to Dimbhe, Ghodegaon or Manchar, situated 25 to 50 kilometres away.