During the Bhandup landslide rescue operation, the 108 ambulances that arrived were unprepared, lacking both a doctor and basic medical equipment. The ambulance dispatched after a disaster management call arrived without essential items such as an oxygen cylinder, blood pressure monitor, first aid kit, or even a functioning siren.

The landslide occurred in Bhandup’s Hanuman Nagar area around 8.30 pm on Wednesday night amid heavy rains, causing a house wall to collapse due to falling rocks from a nearby mountain. Two children inside the house escaped safely, but their mother, Madhuri Sharma, 42, was trapped under the debris for about two and a half hours before being rescued.