Landslide Risk
Landslide Risk : An Executive Summary. Landslides are one of the natural hazards that affect at least 15 per cent of the land area of our country-an area which exceeds 0.49 million km2. Landslides of different types are frequent in geodynamically active domains in the Himalayan and Arakan-Yoma belt of the North-Eastern parts of the country as well as in the relatively stable domains of the Meghalaya Plateau, Western Ghats and Nilgiri Hills. In all, 22 states and parts of the Union Territory of Pudducherry and Andaman & Nicobar Islands are affected by this hazard. The phenomenon of landslides is pronounced during the monsoon period. For a long time landslides have had disastrous consequences causing enormous economic losses and affecting the social fabric. In 2005 alone, more than 500 human lives were lost due to this hazard in our country
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