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Landslides On Expert Radar ,NDMA Prepare A Module For Public Awareness On LandslidesBy ugesh sarkar, Section News
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has decided to prepare a module for public awareness on landslides in the Darjeeling hills and Sikkim.
The purpose of the module will be to equip the community so that it is ready to tackle the situation when natural calamities, in this case landslides, strike. The NDMA, which is considered to be the apex body on disaster management in the country, has invited experts from various fields and representatives from Bengal and Sikkim to an interactive session in Calcutta on July 16 to formulate the module. The meeting is the fallout of a sustained campaign carried out by the Kalimpong-based Save The Hills (STH), an informal organisation of citizens, to highlight the problem of landslides in the hills. Its convener Praful Rao is slated to make a powerpoint presentation at the meeting. Click On "Full Story" For More...
According to Rao, this probably is the first time that the NDMA is focusing on landslides in the Darjeeling hills and Sikkim.
"Besides the powerpoint presentation, I intend to distribute leaflets to all the delegates," he added. A spate of landslides struck the hills in September last year following the monsoon rain. This year, barely a month into the rainy season, and landslides have already started occurring. Even NH31A, the main highway that links Siliguri to Sikkim and Kalimpong, has not been spared. Many feel the NDMA should lay equal stress on prevention as opposed to only mitigation and preparedness. "The Calcutta meet is fine. However, a holistic approach is needed to tackle the problem in a meaningful manner," said Yusuf Simick of the Centre for Mountain Dynamics, an NGO. "It would also help if the hills were selected as the venue to discuss the landslide problem." Source: The Telegraph 14/July/2008
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