Landslide in Batseri village

The unique Geo Climatic conditions of Kinnaur make it vulnerable to various kinds of natural disasters such as earthquakes, Landslides, various types of Floods and droughts. The district comes in seismic zone 4 and is extremely vulnerable to landslides as well. The incident at Batseri laid bare the inanity of proposing projects such as the Jangi Thopan hydropower project that will exacerbate natural disasters, in the fragile region.

News report on the tragic incident:

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According to deputy commissioner (Kinnaur), Abid Hussain Sadique, the incident occurred on Sunday afternoon when multiple landslides, triggered by recent rainfall, collapsed a bridge and damaged vehicles on the Batseri-Sangla road.

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