India, July 12 -- Days after a landslide at the mouth of a tunnel on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway's Connecting Link, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is preparing to take preventive measures to avoid a similar incident on the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway, particularly in the Kasara Ghat section.

The government agency has started monitoring the ghat stretch, following which safety measures such as removing boulders and strengthening loose soil will be undertaken, according to officials familiar with the matter.

Like the Connecting Link, the Samruddhi Expressway has two tunnels between Igatpuri and Kasara with a cumulative length of 13.1 km, which are critical in connecting Mumbai with the rest of Maharashtra...