After monsoon rains triggered a landslide on the ₹7,000-crore Mumbai-Pune Expressway 'Missing Link' Project on Monday, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Managing Director Anilkumar Gaikwad said, "This is not the contractor's fault; it's nature at play." "Such heavy rainfall is akin to an act of God, with little that can be done to prevent it," another MSRDC official said.