The death toll in the Kurar village landslide disaster in Malad went up to 26 on Wednesday after debris at the Ambedkar Nagar site was lifted by locals. They blamed the fire officials for lacking the intent to help them and also claimed that the forest department, which would often get JCBs to demolish their houses, has not turned up in their hour of need. Fire officials, struggling to identify the number of people missing, said their search and rescue operations would continue.

On Wednesday morning, the BMC got heavy machinery and a JCB at the spot for clearing the debris and demolishing parts of the wall that collapsed on Monday night. A JCB was also brought down in Pimpripada to clear the debris as the chances of anyone being alive were very less.