J&K houses 15 unstable landslide zones : Geological Survey of India

”Geomorphic hazards most widespread in Ramban, Leh, Udhampur districts” Geological Survey of India (GSI) has claimed that there are 15 highly unstable landslide zones in Jammu and Kashmir. This claim finds mention in vital GSI survey which was conducted in two years to create a landslide compendium in North Western States of Himalayan region, including Jammu and Kashmir. The other two Himalayan states covered by the survey are Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The type of information included in the compendium are Landslide Susceptibility Maps on scale 1:50,000 covering parts of…

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