<P> Though initial reports stated that the landslide had killed 17 people, officials expected the death toll to exceed 150 . As of 4 August 2014, the death toll had reached 134 . The bodies so far recovered were of 50 men, 64 women and 20 children . </P> <P> Emergency services, including 378 personnel of the National Disaster Response Force, were mobilised to the area, and 8 victims had been rescued from the landslide prior to the evening of 30 July . Nevertheless, rescue efforts had been hampered by poor road conditions and continuing rains . Authorities have also expressed pessimism about the possibility of recovering any of the trapped people alive . As of 31 July, 22 people had been rescued alive from the landslide . On 4 August, the survivors of the landslide were ordered by the district administration to move out of Malin . Apart from the Security Forces, members of voluntary organisations and locals also helped in rescue operations . On 7 August, rescue operations officially drew to a close, with the final death toll estimate resting at 151 . </P> <Ul> <Li> Office of Prime Minister of India released a statement in response to the landslide, in which they "condoled the loss of lives in the landslide and directed all possible efforts to help the affected people ." </Li> <Li> Chief of the Nationalist Congress Party, Sharad Pawar, dubbed the landslide "unfortunate", and tweeted that "We have many villages located beneath hillocks . This incident has alarmed us to rethink about such villages ." </Li> <Li> The CPIM demanded a "time bound enquiry into the true causes of this disaster". </Li> </Ul> <Li> Office of Prime Minister of India released a statement in response to the landslide, in which they "condoled the loss of lives in the landslide and directed all possible efforts to help the affected people ." </Li>

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