Updated On: 28 July, 2021 12:00 AM IST | Alibaug | PTI
As per a release from the office of Raigad collector Nidhi Chaudhary, 103 villages face the risk of landslides in the district. In 2005, a scheme for rehabilitation of residents from landslide-prone villages was submitted to the state government, but the project never took off

Locals at the site after several people died in a landslide at Taliye village in Raigad district. Pic/PTI
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.