Landslide-prone areas need tech support
1027 Vulnerable: While rain and earthquake cause rockfall, roads and hydropower projects are also destabilising hill slopes. Tribune photo KK Kapila President Emeritus, International Road Federation The recent incidents of landslides, cloudbursts and flooding in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir, resulting in a heavy loss of life and property, have again put the spotlight on the need for early detection, warning and prevention system and adopting time-tested sustainable solutions, including zoning maps of landslides, floodplain mapping and taking flood-proofing measures. It...