6 Houses Damaged After Landslide: Maharashtra

  • | Monday | 9th August, 2021

Landslide in Thane district diminishing 6 houses in the area. 

The monsoon in Maharashtra`s Thane have damaged 6 houses and about 25 families were shifted due to the landslide in Kalwa Ma Kali Chawl area. 

The Disaster management officials said that 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 with a portion of a little hillock next to a small cluster of houses beginning to slide slowly, officials said. 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 following the landslide and shifted many residents to a Thane Municipal Corporation school.

Santosh Kadam, a senior officer posted with the regional disaster management cell in Thane, said, “We have made residents vacate the six houses that were damaged. 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.”


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