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21 landslide-prone sites on national highways in Himachal Pradesh

21 landslide-prone sites on national highways in Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh government will set up a core group for landslide mitigation.
SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh has 21 landslide-prone spots along the national highways and is affected by one or two major landslides every year. This findings were made in a report prepared by the state and discussed at a meeting presided over by additional chief secretary (revenue and public works) Manisha Nanda here on Thursday.
The meeting was held for the creation of a core group on landslide risk mitigation.

Nanda said like earthquakes and floods, the risks of landslides could be mitigated through a combination of structural and non-structural measures. She said a total of 21 vulnerable sites of landslide have been identified.
The core group would have engineer-in-chief, PWD, as member secretary for preparation of detailed project report (DPR) for the state. It will also have the director, Geological Survey of India, Chandigarh, engineers from PWD, geologists from industries department and technical experts from IIT, Mandi, as members.
The state PWD department would be the implementing agency for landslide mitigation with Geological Survey of India and State Geological Wing as supporting agencies. IIT Mandi will be the technical support agency for the DPR preparation and landslide mitigation.
It was decided that the PWD would select two sites for sample DPR preparation, one from Naina Devi in Bilaspur district, and the other from Sirmaur district. The PWD would also identify four to five vulnerable landslide spots in each zone for treatment at the earliest.
Nanda said the State Disaster Management Authority was planning to take up landslide mitigation at a large scale for reducing the vulnerability and risk associated with the landslide hazard in the state.
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