THANE: A wary municipal administration has alerted the public works department fearing a massive landslide along the Parsik hills in the monsoon season.Following a minor incident of soil slipping off beneath the Mumbra bypass road that has been constructed along the hill slopes; the administration has once again raised concerns over the safety of residents staying in the settlements. The administration has already sent warnings to residents asking them to evacuate their homes in the case of heavy rains as it is likely to trigger landslides.There are nearly 75,000 residents staying along the hill slopes in both Kalwa and Mumbra and they may face risks during the monsoon season when the land gets slippery and is prone to landslides, said officials. Officials said the rains last week were comparatively less but still managed to dislodge the retaining wall along the road.“We have checked the spot where the Saturady incident happened and feel it is prone to more landslides in the monsoon and have also alerted the public works department to take corrective action. Any repair work undertaken here is unlikely to last the fury of the rains that is witnessed here usually. There is danger to the settlements located on the slopes along the Mumbra bypass highway,” informed Santosh Kadam, chief of regional disaster management cell at the TMC NCP corporator Prakash Barde said he was unsure if the corporation claims of reaching out to the victims could be true alleging that the administration was yet to deploy adequate infrastructure.“At the Kalwa side of the hill slopes, there is barely any space for the rescue teams to access the affected sites. It is time to relocate the residents from here at the earliest before waiting for a mishap to occur,” he said.We have checked the spot where the Saturady incident happened and feel it is prone to more landslides in the monsoon and have also alerted the public works department to take corrective action. There is danger to the settlements located on the slopes along the Mumbra bypass highway

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