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7 dead, 2 trapped in Mumbai’s Sakinaka landslide
Search and rescue operations entered their second day on Thursday after a landslide in Mumbai's Sakinaka area killed seven people and injured seven others. Two persons are still feared trapped under the…
The Story in Brief
Search and rescue operations entered their second day on Thursday after a landslide in Mumbai's Sakinaka area killed seven people and injured seven others. Two persons are still feared trapped under the debris, officials said. The landslide struck three shanties in Gaushiya Chawl near a hillock in Ashok Nagar early Wednesday following heavy rains.
Rescue efforts by NDRF, fire brigade and BMC teams are hampered by narrow access to the site, which prevents use of heavy machinery. Residents of adjoining shanties have been evacuated and provided temporary accommodation. The BMC said it had issued warnings and conducted awareness drives in landslide-prone areas before the incident.
The Indian Opinion
The predictable outrage over 'failure' misses that BMC had issued warnings and evacuated some residents before the landslide. But warnings mean little when thousands live in shanties on unstable hill slopes for lack of affordable housing. Both the administration and citizens have normalised these precarious settlements. The real test is not how fast the rescue teams move, but how many more such high-risk clusters remain standing in Mumbai's monsoon map.
Source: rediff.com
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