Rudraprayag, Tehri In Uttarakhand Have Highest Landslide Risk Exposure In County: ISRO
NDTV
India is among the top four countries with the highest landslide risk, with over 12.6 per cent of land area prone to hazard, excluding snow-covered areas.
Rudraprayag and Tehri Garhwal districts of Uttarakhand have the highest landslide density and landslide risk exposure in the country, according to satellite data captured by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
The findings emerged from the latest risk assessment done by scientists from the Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC), who published a list as part of the Landslide Atlas of India. The team released a list of 147 most landslide-vulnerable districts in 17 states and two Union Territories. It included all 13 districts of Uttarakhand that vary from each other in terms of vulnerability to landslides.
As per PTI, while Rudraprayag and Tehri districts are ranked first and second in the table, Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar figure at the bottom at 146th and 147th, respectively.
Chamoli district, where Joshimath is grappling with a land-subsidence crisis, has been ranked 19th, Uttarkashi 21st, Pauri 23rd, Dehradun 29th, Bageshwar 50th, Champawat 65th, Nainital 68th, Almora 81st and Pithoragarh 86th.
