Landslides in Nepal: A concern - Free report for June 2022by Bidhata Pathak | 01-07-2022 21:31 |
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 Located in the central of the Himalaya range, Nepal is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world due to its topography and climatic condition. Earthquakes, landslides, floods, fires, thunderbolts are the major causes of disaster events that caused major damage in the past, weakening the fragile ecosystem of the country. Economic Vulnerability Analysis shows that Nepal exhibits the largest losses due to large exposure at risk and the high level of hazards. As a matter of these phenomena not only cause loss of lives and properties, but also pose severe threats to physical infrastructure, and also disrupt economic development. One of the most frequently occuring natural disasters in Nepal is:- Landslide: According to a report by the United Nations¡¯ Food and Agriculture Organization published in 2011, Nepal has one of the highest fatalities from landslides in the world. Landslides are not a new phenomenon in a country where more than 80% of land is on a slope – and many occur naturally. But experts say that increasing human activities, such as road building, have been making the situation worse. Geologists say that many villages in the hills of Nepal are located on old landslides, but people tend to forget quickly. At first, people start to grow crops on landslide debris and then they construct houses. After a few years or decades this becomes a new settlement. Then this ignorance goes on to take their own lives. The risk of landslides is further exacerbated by anthropogenic activities like improper land use, encroachment into vulnerable land slopes and unplanned development activities such as construction of roads and irrigation canals without proper protection measures in the vulnerable mountain belt. References:- www.drrportal.gov.np/risk-profile-of-nepal www.thethirdpole.net/en/climate/why-are-landslides-so-deadly-in-nepal/
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