Protect soil after a year of landslides
World Soil Day passed with a whimper on December 5. The PM released a customary message, but not much action was seen on the ground. by Nanditha Krishna Mundakkai in Wayanad after the landslides Year 2024 saw huge landslides in several places across India, causing death, injury and devastation to people and animals. July was perhaps the cruellest month for it. On the 16th of the month, a landslide in Shirur in Karnataka resulted in nine deaths. According to the Geological Survey, it was caused by a mix of construction work being carried out by the National Highways Authority and heavy rainfall. It was a similar story in some other parts of the country, too. A series of nine landslides caused by heavy rains occurred in Vilangad, Kerala at the end of the month, resulting in several deaths. Thirteen houses were destroyed and many were partially damaged. India’s deadliest landslide ever also occurred at the end of this July in Wayanad. Again, heavy rains made the hillsides co...
