The Raigad district collector has proposed a permanent NDRF team in the district owing to the recent building collapse in Mahad, which killed 16 and injured nine. Three months ago, Raigad also witnessed Cyclone Nisarga that required large-scale relief work.

According to sources in the district administration, it took the NDRF team nearly five hours to reach Tarique Garden from their base camp in Maval, Pune. NDRF sources said, "We had started around 7.30 pm and our first team reached Mahad by 1.10 am. The delay was caused by bad roads after Khalapur via Pen. In disasters like building collapses, every second counts. Faster the rescue operation begins, more the number of trapped that can be rescued."