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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Human-triggered fatal landslides are becoming frequent in the Himalayas and Western Ghats -Manu Moudgil

Human-triggered fatal landslides are becoming frequent in the Himalayas and Western Ghats -Manu Moudgil

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published Published on Oct 12, 2020   modified Modified on Oct 15, 2020

-Scroll.in/ IndiaSpend.com

Twelve per cent of India’s land is prone to landslides, and the country accounted for 18% of worldwide deaths in such cases from 2004 to 2016.

Six days of relentless rain had saturated the soil on the rolling slopes of Rajamala hamlet in Anamalai hills – which support tea and coffee plantations – in Idukki district of Kerala. On August 6, the downpour became especially torrential, forcing a portion of the hills to move, triggering a landslide that brought boulders and slurry crashing down on a settlement of tea estate workers in Pettimudi valley, killing 70 people and flattening rows of tin-roofed houses.

Although monsoon rains cause landslides every year, economic activities and the climate crisis are increasing the risk, especially in the Himalayas and the Western Ghats.

Last year, 264 Indians died in landslides, said a report on accidental deaths and suicides in 2019 by the National Crime Records Bureau. Over 65% of these fatalities happened in the Himalayas and the Western Ghats.

Casualties, however, do not reflect the true impact of a landslide. Unlike other natural disasters such as lightning, the effects of landslides can last years – in the shape of displacement, deforestation and damage to property, fields, roads and water supplies, having a cascading effect on the local economy. A 2011 estimate suggested that India suffers Rs 150 crore to Rs 200 crore of monetary loss every year from landslides, said a study by the National Institute of Disaster Management.

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Scroll.in/ IndiaSpend.com, 12 October, 2020, https://scroll.in/article/974734/human-triggered-fatal-landslides-are-becoming-frequent-in-the-himalayas-and-western-ghats


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