Pune: While reports trickle in of the rising death toll after the landslide at Malin village, there are fears that a similar disaster is just waiting to happen at the Ramnagar area in Yerawada. As many as 170 houses in the area lie at the foot of a rocky cliff that has already begun crumbling after lashing rains in the city.

The PMC has had to send in machinery to clear the chunks of rocks that are already falling from the cliff.

The PMC has already recognised the threat that the cliff poses to the residents. Sandhya Gangre, assistant commissioner of the Yerawada ward said on Thursday, “The entire Ramnagar vasti is situated under the hillock. The situation is grave; a landslide could take place there at any time.” Apart from the houses situated in the area, there is also a school there for the local children.