Dehradun: Two hill districts Rudraprayag And Tehri According to the ‘Landslide Atlas’ report prepared by ISRO’s Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC), Uttarakhand has the “highest exposure to landslide risk in the country”.
Rudraprayag has 32 protracted landslide zones, the highest of which is located on NH-107 leading to the holy city, according to the District Emergency Operations Centre. Similarly, Tehri, including Totaghati, has been identified as a “very chronic landslide site”.
Rudraprayag and Tehri rank first and second respectively among 147 districts across the country, which are prone to landslides. Chamoli, which houses the presiding Joshimath, is at the 19th position. .
Rudraprayag District Disaster Management Officer NK Rajwar said on Thursday, “Sirobagh and Narkota landslide zones are the most problematic as they are active almost throughout the year. On the other hand, most landslide zones are active during the monsoon season.”
According to State Emergency Operations Center data, between 2018 and 2021, 253 landslides were reported in Uttarakhand, resulting in 127 deaths.
Rajouri and Pulwama (J&K); Kozhikode, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram (Kerala); And South Sikkim and East Sikkim (Sikkim) are the other high risk districts, according to the landslide susceptibility zonation map. In a major disaster, on June 29, 2022, at least 79 people were killed in a landslide in Manipur’s Noni district.
It also shows that “more than 11,000 landslides have been recorded in Uttarakhand in the last two decades”, and the routes with the most landslides include Rishikesh-Rudraprayag-Chamoli-Badrinath, Rudraprayag-Ukhimath-Kedarnath, Chamoli-Ukhimath, Rishikeshtrigad. -Gaumukh and Pithoragarh-Khela-Malpa.
Rudraprayag has 32 protracted landslide zones, the highest of which is located on NH-107 leading to the holy city, according to the District Emergency Operations Centre. Similarly, Tehri, including Totaghati, has been identified as a “very chronic landslide site”.
Rudraprayag and Tehri rank first and second respectively among 147 districts across the country, which are prone to landslides. Chamoli, which houses the presiding Joshimath, is at the 19th position. .
Rudraprayag District Disaster Management Officer NK Rajwar said on Thursday, “Sirobagh and Narkota landslide zones are the most problematic as they are active almost throughout the year. On the other hand, most landslide zones are active during the monsoon season.”
According to State Emergency Operations Center data, between 2018 and 2021, 253 landslides were reported in Uttarakhand, resulting in 127 deaths.
Rajouri and Pulwama (J&K); Kozhikode, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram (Kerala); And South Sikkim and East Sikkim (Sikkim) are the other high risk districts, according to the landslide susceptibility zonation map. In a major disaster, on June 29, 2022, at least 79 people were killed in a landslide in Manipur’s Noni district.
It also shows that “more than 11,000 landslides have been recorded in Uttarakhand in the last two decades”, and the routes with the most landslides include Rishikesh-Rudraprayag-Chamoli-Badrinath, Rudraprayag-Ukhimath-Kedarnath, Chamoli-Ukhimath, Rishikeshtrigad. -Gaumukh and Pithoragarh-Khela-Malpa.
