Village in Maharashtra’s Beed district evacuated after cracks develop

A colony of astir 400 persons successful Maharashtra’s Beed territory was evacuated aft cracks developed there, prompting a squad from the Geological Survey of India (GSI) to sojourn the location, an authoritative said connected Friday (October 17, 2025).

The colony of Kapildharwadi is astir 150 kilometres from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and lies astir 2 km from the celebrated Kapildhar waterfall.

District Collector Vivek Johnson told PTI that cracks developed successful Kapildharwadi connected Wednesday (October 1, 2025) and kept increasing. "One ace has reached a size of 5-6 feet. A squad from the Geological Survey of India has examined the cracks,” Mr. Johnson said.

Nearly 400 persons of 85 families lived successful the village. They person been shifted to a remainder location astatine Manmath Swami temple successful the area, Mr. Johnson said.

“We person identified a tract to relocate these villagers and person besides started the procedure. The elaborate study by the GSI has not yet come,” the authoritative added.