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.

Monday, September 24, 2012

From Sikkim today : 24Sep2012

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Photo credits : Mr Wangchuk Dorjee                     : Mr Chewang Lepcha Praful Rao
Sunday, September 23, 2012

Fatal landslide in N Sikkim : 24 dead on 22Sep2012

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Comments by Praful Rao We have been witnessing an extraordinary rainfall pattern over the last few weeks in this region. In Kalimp...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

National Conference on Disaster Management 17-18Sep2012, Gangtok Sikkim

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I had the privilege of attending  Day-II (18Sep2012) of the two day National Conference on Disaster Management at Chintan...
Friday, September 14, 2012

A day of rain & our frailty exposed

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1. Between 13Sep afternoon & early14Sep2012, an upper air cyclonic circulation together with the monsoon trough lying nea...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Rainfall stats, Darjeeling district : Aug2012

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The monsoons have been unusually mild this year and Aug2012 was another month of deficient rainfall in this region (along with May/Jun2...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

New study (2012) reveals landslides kill 10X more people than previously thought

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Studies done by Dr David Petley of Durham University (UK) have revealed that the number of deaths caused by landslides is almost ten time...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

The good and bad news : El Nino is around.

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  It is now official that El Nino conditions will prevail over the the northern hemisphere at least until Nov2012 and it is widely spe...
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Friday, August 3, 2012

Rainfall stats, Darjeeling district :July2012

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As usual Kurseong took the first place with a whopping 125cm of rainfall, whereas at both Darjeeling and Kalimpong the rainfall was more ...
Sunday, July 29, 2012

"The times, they are a changin" - extreme weather-related events in the past week

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Large parts of India are reporting deficient rainfall even as July2012 (our rainiest monsoon month) is ending- as such the spectre of...
Monday, July 23, 2012

100mm of rainfall & World Heritage site in peril : Tindharia (19July2012)

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STH has covered the Tindharia landslides earlier (see here and here ). On 19July2012 following approximately 100mm of rainfall ...
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