Kerala’s fragile ecosystem, extreme rainfall and increasing population are the many reasons behind the landslides that struck the hilly region of north Kerala’s Wayanad district on Monday, killing at least 150 people and leaving more than 100 injured. A study published by Springer in 2021 said all landslide hotspots in Kerala were in the Western Ghats region and concentrated in …
Massive landslides struck various hilly areas in Kerala’s Wayanad district early on July 30, 2024, leaving hundreds of people suspected to be trapped. This is one of the major landslides to occur in the 2024 monsoon season, with states like Karnataka, Mizoram, and Assam, also being affected. Earlier, a landslide occurred on National Highway 66 near Shirur in Ankola taluk …
The trepidation is now routine. An analysis carried out by the National Institute of Hydrology showed that this water is not from the Naini Lake, but from within the hills itself.” Vishal Singh, executive director, Centre for Ecology, Development and Research, Dehradun said that though the Nainital area falls in Zone IV of the Earthquake Zoning Map of India, geological …
