Question
Identify the landslide-prone regions of India and suggest some measures to mitigate the disasters caused by them.
Solution
The landslide-prone regions are:
1. Areas of Himalayas and Andaman and Nicobar islands.
2. High rainfall regions with steep slopes in Western Ghats and Nilgiri hills.
3. North-eastern region.
4. Landslides due to the mining and subsidence are most common in the states like Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka etc. Landslides are determined by highly localised factors.
It is advisable to adopt area specific measures to deal with them. Some measures are as follow:
1. Restriction on construction of roads and dams.
2. Limiting agriculture to valleys and areas of moderate slopes.
3. Terrace farming should be encouraged.
