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Mumbai: Landslide in Bhandup has 150 families on the edge
Updated On: 21 July, 2023 08:42 AM IST | Mumbai | Anurag Kamble
Local residents blame the BMC for not maintaining wall, part of which fell in the incident over the weekend; civic body asks some to vacate their houses
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The landslide damaged six houses. Pics/Rajesh Gupta
Even as the Irsalwadi landslide rescue dominates news reports, a landslide in Bhandup on Saturday has had 150 families living there in fear. Part of a retaining wall at Hanuman Nagar, Bhandup West slid down the hill damaging six homes. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) asked that 28 houses be vacated for
safety reasons.
Residents of Kallappa chawl at Hanuman Nagar felt the landslide on Saturday noon and early morning on Sunday. Some of them had to leave their houses fearing further collapse. The BMC has covered the portion that fell with tarpaulin to avoid the rain loosening the soil leading to further landslide. Residents fear another landslide could be fatal, judging by the heavy rain currently.
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