Date:24/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/24/stories/2008072459300300.htm

Andhra Pradesh

Disturbing trend

— PHOTO: CH. VIJAYA BHASKAR

Unsafe: An apartment complex fast coming up on a hillslope at Gunadala in Vijayawada. Residential dwellings on the hillslopes in Vijayawada are a major cause of concern to officials as incidents of landslips and falling of boulders during monsoon often result in accidents and deaths.