Explore land use planning to reduce landslides: expert

Regulations should be implemented phase-wise by prioritising the most vulnerable districts: Dr. Sibal Ghosh

Land-use zoning regulations should be implemented phase-wise by prioritising the most vulnerable districts and sectors in the State to reduce the risk of landslides, according to Dr. Sibal Ghosh, Director (Geology), Geohazard Research and Management Centre, Geological Survey of India (GSI).

“A regional land use planning can be started immediately with the available macro-scale landslide geodatabase. In each district of the State, all the critical sectors for mesoscale (1:10,000) landslide susceptibility and hazard mapping, and critical landslides for site-specific remediation need to be identified for planning and prioritising landslide remediation, mitigation, and management work,” he told The Hindu in an e-mail interview amidst the increasing incidents of disasters induced by landslide events in the State.