Impending danger: Landslide menace

An unprecedented landslide is posing a serious threat to the National Highway No 37 just before the entry into Guwahati. A huge hillock is waiting to collapse in the 13^th Mile area which could block the vital road leading to the gateway to the north eastern region.

Local residents in the area fear more such incidents of landslide in near future. Apprehending an impending danger many people residing the hill top are leaving for safe areas in the side of Meghalaya.

The fear gripped the local residents when the landslip began on Sunday forcing hundreds of vehicles to remain stranded for several hours. Hours after the incessant rains that lashed the city and its adjacent areas on Saturday, it was a hillock which collapsed on the highway resulting in an hour long traffic snarl in the afternoon.