# BMC to seek fresh survey of 249 landslide-prone sites as Ghatkopar toll rises 2026-08-14T23:23:54+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet (3 source reports) The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will approach the Geological Survey of India (GSI) for a fresh survey of 249 landslide-prone locations in Mumbai, civic officials said. The last such comprehensive assessment was in 2017. A draft has been readied and will be sent to GSI shortly. The survey will reassess soil morphology and geological stability to see if rocks or soil have loosened further. BMC will ask GSI to classify each location by current risk, high, reduced, or no longer urgent. The move comes after a landslide in Ghatkopar's Ashok Nagar on August 12 killed eight people and injured seven. The Times of India reports that BMC has persuaded 25 to 50 families to leave the area, but many others have refused. Assistant municipal commissioner Anil Jadhav said the civic body has written to the district collector and the Airports Authority of India, which owns the land, for further directions. Authorities have arranged temporary shelters at Mohili School for those willing to relocate. The Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP) of 2022 had warned that extreme rainfall, unchecked construction, deforestation and soil erosion were increasing landslide risks. Architect and activist P K Das told The Times of India that continued interference with hills, slopes and mangroves has made landslides inevitable. Former fire brigade officer Rajendra Chaudhary pointed to changing rainfall patterns and excavation at foothills. In the past six years, Mumbai recorded 95 landslides, 38 deaths and 28 injuries. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2) - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (3) This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-09-27T06:15:19+00:00. Tags: BMC, Geological Survey of India, Ghatkopar, MCAP, Mumbai Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bmc-to-re-survey-249-landslide-prone-sites-after-ghatkopar-deaths/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bmc-to-re-survey-249-landslide-prone-sites-after-ghatkopar-deaths/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/