Visions of Hell

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.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Resurrecting ghosts from the past .. the 1950 landslides (in Darjeeling district)

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Torrential rains (amounting to 834mm) between the 11-13Jun1950 caused massive landslides in the entire Darjeeling district. Darjeeling , Ka...
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Monday, July 28, 2008

A study in contrasts...

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Placed above on the right is the website of Orissa State Disaster Mitigation Authority (OSDMA). Orissa is a state which is one of the most d...
Saturday, July 26, 2008

Disaster Management : Govt of West Bengal style

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After almost a year of being obsessed with landslide hazards in our part of the world and after attending two meetings organized by the Nati...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

29th Mile, National Highway 31A -10 months later

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Saturday, July 19, 2008

NDMA (National Disaster Management Authority) Landslide Awareness Workshop at Kolkata (16Jul2008)

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The meeting began with Shri KM Singh outlining the purpose of the meeting; this was followed by many of the speakers giving their presentati...
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Saturday, July 12, 2008

Fact and fiction

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Fact _____________________________________ and Fiction (extract from "the Hindu", Thurs, 08Nov2007) Call for national strategies t...
Friday, July 11, 2008

Then and now....

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"Landsliding is perhaps the most rampant environmental hazard threatening the Darjeeling town itself. Numerous slips have occurred in t...
Monday, July 7, 2008

Images from Mamring

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On the 29Jun2008 at around 0630hrs, Mamring (above), a quaint little village in Kurseong subdivision of Darjeeling district was almost flat...
Friday, July 4, 2008

Taking our issue to the world..

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Landslides affect thousands all over the world and STH is just one voice trying to raise awareness against this hazard which in our part of ...
Thursday, July 3, 2008

This and that...

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________________________________________ Rainfall data (Jun2008) and a brief analysis:- Heavy rainfall days 1. 16Jun – 4mm 2. 17Jun- 92...
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