Landslide in Maharashtra's Thane, six houses were damaged and about 25 families were shifted. The incident took place following an early Sunday morning landslide in Thane district’s Kalwa Ma Kali Chawl area in Kalwa East. According to disaster management officials, no one was injured in the incident that saw a huge stone roll down with mud.
The landslide took place between 2 to 3:30 am on Sunday morning. A portion of a little hillock next to a small cluster of houses beginning to slide slowly. By the time residents sounded an alert, a portion of the hill including a large stone fell on some houses. Disaster management authorities reached the site and then residents were shifted to a Thane Municipal Corporation school. Santosh Kadam, a senior officer posted with the regional disaster management cell, said, “There was no casualty and no injuries in the incident. We have shifted around 22 to 25 families to a municipal school at Gholai Nagar.” Close aide sparks buzz on Maharashtra CM’s younger son joining politics
Earlier, this year in July, Western Maharashtra witnessed multiple incidents of landslides due to heavy spell of rains over a few days. Following the tragedy, the state government has come up with a plan to permanently relocate people living in hilly areas and rehabilitate them to safer places.
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