103 Villages In Maharashtra District Face Landslide Risk

Water had risen up to 25 feet at some places in Mahad, a level not seen in recent memory, submerging several single-storey buildings and ground plus first floor structures, the local residents said.

More than 100 villages in Raigad district of Maharashtra face the risk of getting hit by landslides and during the unprecedented floods last week, water level had risen up to 25 feet at some places in Mahad town, local residents and officials said on Wednesday. Water had risen up to 25 feet at some places in Mahad, a level not seen in recent memory, submerging several single-storey buildings and ground plus first floor structures, the local residents said. In the past too, Mahad has seen floods, but the water level never reached beyond 12 feet, they said. Heavy rainfall in Mahableshwar (530mm), a hill station in Satara district, and also in Mahad (383mm) and Poladpur town (575) during a 24-hour period last week, caused devastating floods in Raigad, located in the coastal Konkan region.