Pune, July 9 -- The multi-agency search and rescue operation at the Municipal Corporation's waste-to-energy plant in Moshi, Pune, entered its second day on Thursday, as teams navigate the precarious wreckage of a three-storey administrative building following a massive landslide of waste.

Disaster management officials confirmed that the site remains highly unstable, with the structure tilted at a 45-degree angle, forcing rescuers to abandon heavy machinery in favour of a cautious, manual approach to avoid triggering a secondary "pancake collapse."

Commandant of the 5th Battalion NDRF, SB Singh, described the operation as exceptionally challenging due to the risk of structural failure.

"We are clearing debris by hand because we cannot u...