Manipur landslide is a wake-up call for governments in States that are prone to landslides regularly. Analyse (200 Words)
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· The landslide that occurred last week in the Tupul area in Manipur’s Noney district will go down as one of the severest natural disasters in the State.
· The fact that such a disaster occurred in a railway construction site in a landslide-prone area should give development planners and government officials in the State pause.
· The relatively high number of casualties accompanying these landslides and the fact that the Environment Ministry has itself acknowledged that the disasters were “anthropogenically” induced are a matter of serious concern for the State.
· Researchers have corroborated the fact that the areas in western Manipur abutting the national highways fall under very high, high or moderate hazard zones.
· The severe landslide occurred in the Tupul area despite the government identifying susceptible areas in the State through the National Landslide Susceptibility Mapping project.
· An early warning system for landslides is still being developed and refined by the Geological Survey of India and this could help reduce the scale of such disasters, once deployed across vulnerable States.
· While it is understandable that States in the Northeast are keen on accelerating connectivity projects to uplift a relatively economically backward region, disasters such as the landslide in Tupul point to the dangers of not taking ecological challenges related to deforestation seriously enough.
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Nandhini Vijay 2 years
Recently landslides in Manipur had a devastating effect on the state and 34 people were found dead. Landslides occur in sensitive zones where rainfall is also very high.
Causes of landslides are:
* Immediate causes are deforestation, mining and various anthropogenic activities have contributed to serious disasters in ecologically sensitive zones.
* Illegal constructions, widening of roads, quarrying of construction materials where some of the causes identified by the ministry of environment.
* Uncertain nature of rains, with monsoon being intense this year has also added to this problem.
Way forward:
* An early warning system for landslides need to be developed which could help reduce disasters.
* State government must look at whether sufficient soil and stability tests were done before choosing the site for railway construction.
*Taking development activities which are only environment friendly are need to be undertaken to prevent further disasters in future.
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