SaveTheHills(STH) is a group of concerned citizens who are raising awareness about landslides in Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya.
Many landslides are the direct or indirect result of human interference and preventable if sufficient care is taken.
As such, unless we begin a comprehensive and sustained program towards landslide management, prevention and mitigation, the consequences of ignoring years of human callousness will, in the future be devastating.
Informative post..Kudos to the citizens on site who are creating this awareness..
I am sure there is so much more to come with the rainy season just started.. hope someone who can make a difference does take notice of the gravity of the situ and acts fast..
Not that the warnings did not come timely. Following this report, the correspondent was harrassed by the contractor, a big fish under Ghisingh-regime and the DGHC health secretary then Suman Pradhan. The contractor even threatened to kill the hospital superintendent for talking to the correspondent; this happened astonishingly in public. The news that a citizens' group is taking legal action against the contractor after fresh damages is heartening.
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Informative post..Kudos to the citizens on site who are creating this awareness..
I am sure there is so much more to come with the rainy season just started.. hope someone who can make a difference does take notice of the gravity of the situ and acts fast..
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=10&id=42309&usrsess=1
Not that the warnings did not come timely. Following this report, the correspondent was harrassed by the contractor, a big fish under Ghisingh-regime and the DGHC health secretary then Suman Pradhan. The contractor even threatened to kill the hospital superintendent for talking to the correspondent; this happened astonishingly in public.
The news that a citizens' group is taking legal action against the contractor after fresh damages is heartening.
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